Empowering Women! "I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship" (Luisa May Alcott)

Empowerment start from within, women should not wait for being empowered from others, should find the courage and capacity for gaining it. Presentation of the activity The seminar will deal with the empowerment of women: it will deepen what empowering means (liberty, power, knowledge and capacity for taking decisions) and how it is searched in various sectors of life (economy, politics, education and health). Participants will have a direct touch with the empowerment of women in the seminar venue, by visiting places and organisations active in the field. All this in order to let participants build partnerships and draw draft ideas of future common projects, which will be monitored with an impact evaluation after 6/12 months. Aims and objectives 1. facilitating the networking process among participants and promoting new common projects 2. letting participants deepening the topic and its corollaries 3. deepening the analysis of the fields where empowering it's needed in the four regions (EU + MEDA + SEE + EECA) 4. getting a direct touch with the external environment, with organizations and bodies with strong connections with the thematic 5. sharing experiences in the field 6. facilitating the networking process among participants and promoting new common projects. Selection of articipants : 1. a gender balance would be REALLY appreciated (or at least a significant male participation) 2. Selection Programme countries: pre-selection through sending National Agencies for the YiA programme Mediterranean Partner countries: Salto-Youth EuroMed with support of EuroMed Youth Units Other partner countries: Salto-Youth EuroMed with support of SALTO SEE and SALTO EECA