NEW SOCIAL IMAGES OF RURAL WOMEN

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SPANISH PARTNERSHIP

NEW SOCIAL IMAGES OF RURAL WOMEN

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SPANISH PARTNERSHIP

Our territory

The national project of the Spanish DP

CHERRIES FOR EQUALITY

Has the following aims:

Sensitizing society as a whole and associates of the rural cooperatives in particular on equal opportunities between men and women

Training female associates of the cooperatives in leadership and management

Training women as human resources and as entrepreneurs Open ways to empowerment for women Making new female rural reference models visible

Reached trough the following actions:

A training programme for female associates of the cooperatives in leadership and management

Over 300 hours of professional training in occupations which can offer a professional future in the territory

A 400 hours course for 18 women with entrepreneurial initiatives

Microcredits for the starting up of entrepreneurial initiatives

A research on “Female reference models in leadership and management in the rural areas”.

The commitment of the society as a whole: “the people of the valleys in favour of equality”

The people of the valleys in favour of equality

Contribution of the Spanish DP to the transnational NSIRW project

DOING GENEALOGY

ACTIVITY: RESEARCH ON RURAL WOMEN ACTING AS REFERENT MODELS

Main objective

To find out women acting for other women as rural feminine leadership & management referent models in our territory, leading to pointing out new rural identities through a social genealogy.

Technical data

Research process with 4 steps:a. Discussion groups (one per valley) for the identification of referent modelsb. In depth interview or life history of the selected “models”c. Dissemination of their experienced. Social genealogy & conclusions: new rural identities

N. of participants

a. DGs: 5 groups, some 8 women per group = 40 womenb. Some 8 to 10 referent models

Results The discussion groups have led to the identification of at least 10 women who have acted or act as referent models for other women. Key words: social transgression, strength, empowerment, courage.

DOING GENEALOGY

TRAINING EXPERIENCES

Now I speak to everybody A story of individual and collective

empowerment The Valleys Fair

WAYS TO EMPOWERMENT

ACTIVITY: WAYS TO EMPOWERMENT: ACCES TO ICTs AND INFORMATION

SOCIETY

Main objective

To promote women’s empowerment through their access to ICTs and Information Society

Technical data

Aimed at women that have never used a computer (at least on their own). The aim is to make attractive their fist contact with computers, dismounting fears and prejudices.

N. of participan

ts

50 beneficiaries

Results After this first contact with computers, different computer courses and sessions are organised for the beneficiaries.

WAYS TO EMPOWERMENT: The Short Story of Rosa and the Mouse

To share with our partners... Gender perspective as a point of view and as an

intervension methodology

The experiences of our beneficiaries (IT dixit)

The courage, the passion and the spirit of enterprise of these women (IT dixit)

Their social commitment for the development of the rural areas (IT dixit)

Through the steering committees, the technical visits and the study visits of the beneficiaries we ALSO had the opportunity

to share our best experiences (AND CHERRIES) and to learn from other

partners’ experiences with the aim to transfer them in other contexts