Asfar is organising an Info Day as part of our Turing Scheme funded International Traineeship project. The International Traineeship project is a 3-month work-based traineeship focused on Management skills, including Continous Professional Development (CPD) & training, for young people from the United Kingdom. Asfar has 7 fully funded International Traineeships available with our trusted international … Continued
Today, on the anniversary of Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, we acknowledge the positive impact the CEDAW Committee has had since 1979 to monitor countries progress to advance gender equality and human rights for women and girls around the world. Through the project LAB4GE, we are working with partners … Continued
The Socal action SDG4: Quality Education is a project by Emily Posner, an ESC volunteer in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the project RESOLVE: Volunteering for Peace, working in person with Svitac Bosnia and online with the Resolve: Network. Over the coming months, this social action project will focus on quality education throughout the world. … Continued
On the International Day for Human Rights, the LAB4GE’s partners unite to recognise the advancements made globally for Women’s Human Rights and also invite stakeholders to be aware of the specific challenges met by women to fully access their rights, particularly in the context of COVID-19, where they have been particularly vulnerable to the socio-economic … Continued
Interested in leading your own social action project? Would you like to be responsible for a social action project budget and make decisions on how it is spent? RESOLVE: Young Changemakers programme aims to assist the sustainment of the RESOLVE: Network and the subsequent social action activities in the UK via providing a youth-led initiative … Continued
Asfar’s next Digital Talks: ‘Opportunities with Erasmus plus: An Introduction to the new Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2022’ will be by Bruno Pizzini & Emina Hasanagić from Asfar. The Talk will be at 5 pm UK Time / 6 pm CET on Wednesday, 22nd December 2021. Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqfuqopzgrGdFZDtE-rGzcv45_oPiQ1WYz
ESC RESOLVE: Volunteering 4 Peace – Short term is a volunteering placement project with the aim of supporting the continued development & sustainment of the RESOLVE: Network, a youth-led peace network offering young people from the UK (& in other countries) to volunteer on the network, supporting their personal & professional development and developing the … Continued
Last week Asfar participated in the first Participatory Visit in Denmark: Transfer of InternCollege’s best practices. This is the first Participatory Visit organised as part of our #LAB4GE project and it brought together partners from 6 European countries (UK, Hungary, Denmark, Italy, Romania and Spain). During the 4 days, the hosts presented the Equal Start Methodology as … Continued
As countries implemented lockdown measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, violence against women, especially domestic violence, intensified – in some countries, calls to helplines have increased five-fold. At the #LAB4GE project we advocate for the End Violence against Women campaign, a multi-year global effort aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and … Continued
Asfar is looking for contributors for the Winter 2022 edition of the Asfar e-Journal! If you are interested in writing an article on the Caucasus, Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa get in touch at e.journal@asfar.org.uk The e-Journal focuses on the Balkans, Middle East and North Africa or the Caucasus. Articles can be on … Continued
The RESOLVE: Reconciliation for Development Online Workshop will offer insights into the youth-led peacebuilding and international programme RESOLVE, as well as enable you to develop skills in conflict assessment & resolution skills and digital storytelling. RESOLVE is Asfar’s flagship youth-led peacebuilding and international learning programme, which promotes interfaith dialogue, intercultural engagement, peacebuilding skills and opportunities … Continued
The second RESOLVE: Network Youth Conference was organised on the 4th November 2021 in Nicosia, Cyprus and brought together more than 30 delegates, speakers and team members. The topics covered during the RESOLVE: Network Conference were: Community work as a Safe space in Georgia Building Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina Anti-arm and Divestment organising in … Continued
The first edition of our #LAB4GE Newsletter was a diverse selection of news from all the partner countries, with statistics, reports, methodologies, good practices and more. Now we are releasing our second newsletter, which focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on women, specifically on working women. Through a number of partnership meetings, the partnership agreed … Continued
Asfar has launched its first Turing Scheme International Traineeship programme. The International Traineeship is a 3-month work-based traineeship programme funded by the Turing Scheme focused on Management skills for Learners from the United Kingdom. Asfar has 7 fully funded International Traineeships available, to the following countries: Georgia Azerbaijan France Italy Israel Bosnia-Herzegovina Hungary To learn … Continued
Every year on October 5th, we celebrate the World Teachers’ Day. It is an opportunity to celebrate the profession and to promote international standards for the teaching profession in the UK. The theme for this month at the #LAB4GE project is: Teachers for gender equality. “Despite the teaching profession being made up largely of women, … Continued
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