What space for health for women with migrant backgrounds? Experiences and perspectives from support services
Are you a professional working in the social, healthcare, or third sector and engaged in supporting women with migrant backgrounds? Join the SIS-HUBS learning and exchange sessions!
The SIS-HUBS programme was created with the aim of strengthening the skills and capacities of professionals working with women and girls with migrant backgrounds, while also supporting women’s autonomy by providing useful tools to recognise, prevent, and address different forms of gender-based violence. The programme includes prevention activities, information sessions, and a specific focus on improving access to support services available in local communities.
In this context, during June and July, SIS HUBS is organising three training and exchange sessions for social workers, healthcare professionals, and local organisations working with women with migrant backgrounds.
The first two sessions will take place in person on 22 and 25 June at EPYC – European Palermo Youth Center (Via Pignatelli Aragona 42, Palermo), while the third session will be held online on 2 July.
Organised by CESIE ETS and Centro Penc, these events aim to strengthen dialogue between the social and healthcare sectors, facilitate the exchange of practices, experiences, and working tools, and encourage reflection on how to improve access to services and support pathways for women with migrant backgrounds, with particular attention to health, the prevention of gender-based violence, and the development of effective local networks.
Programme overview
First Session: Community-Based Health Services (In Person)
Monday 22 June, 2026 | 16:00 – 19:00
EPYC – European Palermo Youth Center (Via Pignatelli Aragona 42, Palermo)
A discussion dedicated to the challenges women with migrant backgrounds face in accessing healthcare services, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health, mental health, primary care, and screening services. The session will explore the role of local networks, cultural mediation, and collaboration among different professionals, drawing also on the experience of Palermo’s Civico Hospital.
Second Session: The Role of Family Counselling Centres and Anti-Violence Centres (In Person)
Thursday 25 June, 2026 | 16:00 – 19:00
EPYC – European Palermo Youth Center (Via Pignatelli Aragona 42, Palermo)
A session dedicated to the work of family counselling centres and Anti-Violence Centres (CAVs), aimed at reflecting on how these services can strengthen intersectional responses to gender-based violence and improve support and protection pathways for women with migrant backgrounds.
Third Session: Ethnopsychology, Cultural Mediation and Self-Care Tools for Professionals
Thursday 2 July, 2026 | 17:00-19:00
online
The final session will focus on the ethnopsychological approach and on linguistic and cultural mediation pathways as essential models for supporting women with migrant backgrounds who have survived violence. The session will also explore tools and strategies for preventing burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue among professionals working with and for women with migrant backgrounds.
Who can participate?
The sessions are open to:
- Social workers and social service professionals
- Activists and community advocates
- Healthcare professionals
- Linguistic and cultural mediators
- Staff working in family counselling centres and anti-violence centres
- Third-sector organisations and local service providers working with women with migrant backgrounds.
How to join in
To participate, please complete the registration form by 18 June 2026.
The link to join the online session will be shared a few days before the event with registered participants.
For more information, please write to: tessereponti@cesie.org.
About SIS-Hubs
SIS-Hubs – Sorority, Integration and Support for women and girls through community-based Programmes is a project funded by funded by AMIF programme of the European Union (AMIF-2024-TF2-AG-THB, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MIGRATION AND HOME AFFAIRS).
Partners
- CESIE ETS (Italy)
- CENTRO PENC. ANTROPOLOGIA E PSICOLOGIA GEOCLINICA ETS (Italy)
- ZRS KOPER ZNANSTVENO-RAZISKOVALNO SREDISCE KOPER (Slovenia)
- KMOP KENTRO MERIMNAS OIKOGENEIAS KAI PAIDIOU (Greece)
- AAF ANIMUS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION (Bulgaria)
- SOLWODI DEUTSCHLAND EV (Germany)
For further information
Read more about SIS-Hubs, visit socialhut.eu and follow us on Instagram.
Contact Georgia Chondrou: georgia.chondrou@cesie.org.
