Women represent 51,4% of the migrant population in Europe in 2019 (UNDESA 2019). They continue to face double discrimination, one first consequent to origin, the other with respect to gender. This leads to greater obstacles than their male counterparts, in accessing the labor market and integration programs.
The official launch of the PITCH project took place on March 28-29, 2022, in Palermo, Italy. There we had the opportunity to meet our partners from all over Europe: Spain, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Sweden, Slovenia, Lithuania and Poland. We will work together for the next three years with the goal of developing an effective model that facilitates the integration and inclusion of migrant women in Europe.
PITCH was born, as aimed at establishing a European common ground to support the design and implementation of local integration strategies targeting migrant women, based on a personalized, participatory and multi-stakeholder approach resulting from an EU-wide exchange of successful practices.
The expected impact of the project is to:
- Engage 210 migrant women.
- Improve institutional dialogue on integration strategies at the European level.
- Increase migrant women’s sense of belonging to European societies by strengthening their skills and making them more aware of their rights, duties and opportunities.
- Crate a new channel for multi-stakeholder cooperation at the transnational and local level.
Stay tuned to learn more about PITCH and its progress!
You can follow the updates checking the project sheet.
About the project
PITCH – A model for gender-sensitive integration strategies based on personalised, participatory, local, and multi stakeholder approaches is a project financed by the Erasmus+ program, HOME – AMIF-2020-AG-CALL-01: Developing and implementing local integration strategies through multi- stakeholder partnerships.
Partners
- CESIE (Italy, coordinator)
- COMUNE DI PALERMO (Italy)
- SYMPLEXIS (Greece)
- Dimos Neapolis Sykeon (Greece)
- ZNANSTVENO-RAZISKOVALNO SREDISCE KOPER (Slovenia)
- MESTNA OBCINA KOPER (Slovenia)
- IINCOMA (Spain)
- AYUNTAMIENTO DE SEVILLA (Spain)
- CSI CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION LTD (Cyprus)
- Demos Ipsona (Cyprus)
- DIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP (Lithuania)
- SWIDEAS (Sweden)
- Union of the Baltic Cities (Poland)
For further information
Read the project sheet, visit the website https://pitch-eu.eu/ and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
Contact Giovani Barbieri: giovanni.barbieri@cesie.org
PITCH is funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF).
The European Commission’s support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Project Number: 101038534.
