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We are excited to share that we received funding for the 2022 “Gender Justice Beyond Borders” Migrant Youth Leadership Program (MLYP) from the European Network Against Racism (ENAR).
The MLYP trains migrant youth (18-30 years) for collective action at the intersection of migration and gender. In 2022, the MYLP focuses on migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Europe within the framework of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention C190 on harassment and violence in the world of work.
The MYLP is featured as a youth-led solution for education by the United Nations Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth and as a replicable practice “to inspire those working to implement the Global Compact for Migration from global, national, regional and local levels” by the United Nations Network on Migration.
The call for applications for the 2022 MYLP is now open. Please find more information below.
2022 MYLP
What? The “Gender Justice Beyond Borders” Migrant Youth Leadership Program is an initiative by WoW (With or Without) and the Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice (CMGJ). The program trains migrant youth for collective action at the intersection of migration and gender.
Why? In 2022, the MYLP focuses on migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Europe within the framework of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention C190 on harassment and violence in the world of work. MDWs in Europe face high risk of labor and human right abuses - often with limited protections as less than 40% of all national labor laws globally protect domestic workers.
How? The six-month program consists of three components (June - December 2022)
Education: Online Course (6 sessions)
Research: Workshop Series (4 sessions)
Advocacy: Campaign Curation “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” (8 sessions)
Who? Migrant youth (18-30 years) from across Europe are invited to participate in the program and will receive a stipend to support their engagement in the program. The program will be held in English and combines online and in-person participation (conditional to COVID-19 restrictions).
What else? WoW and the Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice are partners in facilitating this program, funded by the European Network Against Racism (ENAR). The program is created by and for migrants.
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Program Timeline
Week of June 27: Program Start
July 4 - August 12: Education Section (6 sessions)
As part of the Education Section, migrant youth leaders complete a six-week online course. The course explores migration-gender relations in a transnational context such as by studying migratory movements and examining selected themes in migration and gender through an intersectional lens, thereby providing migrant youth leaders with refined knowledge on migration and gender.
August 13 - August 21: Break
August 22 - September 18: Research Section (4 sessions)
As part of the Research Section, migrant youth leaders complete a four-week online workshop. The workshop outlines qualitative and quantitative approaches in the study of migration and gender, and equips migrant youth leaders with skills in data collection, analysis, and discussion, as well as policy analysis, evaluation, and monitoring.
September 19 - September 25: Break
September 26 - November 6: Advocacy Section Part 1 (6 sessions)
As part of the Advocacy Section, migrant youth leaders complete an eight-week online/in-person training. The training offers migrant youth leaders advocacy strategies such as symbolic-, leverage-, and accountability politics, frame alignment and resonance.
November 6 - November 21: Break
November 14 - December 10: Advocacy Section Part 2 (2 sessions)
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign
December 10: Program Ends
Apply Now!
Next steps?
To apply, please submit your resume and a statement of interest (1 page) to info@migrationgenderjustice.com by June 1, 2022.
Short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. We look forward to hearing from you!
Please find the Call for Participants here.
2021 MLYP
On December 13, 2021, youth advocates of the first “Gender Justice Beyond Borders” Migrant Youth Leadership Program (MYLP) hosted a multi-stakeholder dialogue event on “Youth Perspectives on Migration: Revisiting the Istanbul Convention.” The event brought together key actors in addressing GBV in migration as a means of envisioning collaborations across institutional levels.
Speakers included:
Diana Riba I Giner (Member of European Parliament - Greens/EFA)Noura Bittar Søborg (Center for Power Analysis)Simona Lanzoni (GREVIO)Sandra Pertek (University of Birmingham) Aude Mulliez (ESDGlobal) Youth Advocates from the “Gender Justice Beyond Borders” Leadership Program: Jeran Bernabela, Isha Mandal, Sitara Nath, Ange-Vanessa Nsanzineza, and Great UdochiBased on the event and research conducted by the youth advocates during the program, this Spotlight Dossier makes important recommendations on GBV in the context of migration in Europe and presents outlooks for key stakeholders to take action! You can find the accompanying educational social media series on our Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.