Network of Local Authorities for Equality
Network of Local Authorities for Equality
Promoter: Questão de Igualdade - Association for Social Innovation
Partners:Municipality of Póvoa do Lanhoso
Municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia
Centre for Gender and Equality at the University of Adger
EEA Grants: 124.065
Total Amount: 137.850
Programme:
What is the project about?
The project Network of Local Authorities for Equality aims to create a network for equality, involving a partnership composed by 9 Municipalities representing different portuguese regions: Amadora, Cascais, Palmela, Vila Nova de Gaia, Mangualde, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Loulé, Aljezur e Odemira.
It is an Open Call #5 project: Intervention projects to promote gender equality at local level.
What will it achieve?
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Establish a network of municipalities to learn from each other in order to improve the equality between women and men and work life balance, identifying existing good practices and creating positive and innovative actionable measures to be incorporated by other municipalities.
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Empowering project partner municipalities to implement and validate a set of methodologies and tools to promote gender equality and work-life balance in the municipalities.
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Promote community forums, with the population and local public and private entities, in order to listen to their perceptions and needs in matters of equality and non-discrimination between women and men, and work-life balance.
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Promote a final seminar to disseminate project products and outputs.