The Arrimage Good'îles team was on mission in Suriname as part of the GENDER PLUS project. More info: www.genderplussuriname.com Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/genderplussuriname/
Themes: Strengthening civil society | Gender
Objectives: Gender Plus aims to strengthen the role of civil society in Suriname through girls' and women's rights, and to identify and implement gender-sensitive poverty reduction actions to achieve an inclusive society that enables vulnerable communities to be more productive and self-sufficient.
The project also aims to strengthen the entrepreneurial skills of women's associations and groups from civil society, in order to foster the development of a socio-economic fabric favorable to the creation of micro-enterprises.
GENDER PLUS is a project cooperation project co-financed by the European Union as part of the EuropeAid.
Duration: March 2017 to February 2019
Target audience:
- University students
- Vulnerable people (village women from Sipaliwini and Marowijne)
- Civil society organizations
Partners:
Stiching Bureau voor de Dienstverlening (Suriname), coordinator
TAMAT (Italy)
Stevedoring Good'iles (Guadeloupe)
Find out more:
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VERSION FRANÇAISE
The overall objective of the present action is to strengthen the role of civil society in Suriname in promoting women and girls’ rights empowering its critical conscience and dialogue's capacity, through the acquisition of gender equality awareness and social/civic/entrepreneurial competences. Specifically, the action will improve the competencies of civil society organizations (CSOs), university students and vulnerable people in Suriname to identify and implement actions for poverty reduction from a women's and civic rights approach for achieving an inclusive society which enables vulnerable communities, (young) women in particular, to be more productive and self-sufficient.
More information : www.genderplussuriname.com
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