Out4In project promotes the empowerment, community integration, and environmental awareness of Refugee or Migrant women and girls.
for a target group traditionally underrepresented or excluded from this type of activity.
Specific objectives
Improve
Promote
Encourage
Using outdoor and nature-based activities to promote the inclusion and empowerment of Refugee and Migrant Women
The Action Plan for Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027 recommends increasing opportunities for migrants and local communities to meet and exchange. Many projects have been carried out over the past few years to foster integration, including through educational, sports and/or cultural activities.
However, there is an almost complete absence of experimentation on the use of outdoor and nature-based activities to promote the inclusion and empowerment of Refugee and Migrant Women.
Inclusion of people with fewer opportunities is a key objective of the Commission’s initiative Towards a European Education Area, as also referred to in the European Pillar of Social Rights and the EU Work Plan for Sport, which aims to promote an active and environmentally friendly lifestyle, social cohesion and active citizenship.
Refugee or migrant women and girls (RMW) are more likely to suffer from barriers to access with respect to education, training, and sports, often having to overcome obstacles related to their being migrants and women at the same time. They often come to Europe to join their families and have to take care of children and domestic responsibilities that may prevent them from fully participating in society.
Out4In addresses to the following target groups:
Refugee or migrant women
Adult women with a migration background, long-term migration history or recently arrived in the host country, asylum seekers or refugees, who face greater difficulties of social integration/inclusion.
Educators
Those working in the field of Refugee and Migrant Women education and inclusion, and those working in the field of outdoor education.
Local stakeholders
Public bodies, sports/cultural associations, local natural heritage management bodies, educational institutions.
