Local Democracy for Women in Europe Programme
About the organisation:
LWL is a dynamic social enterprise linking women with the resources to make their community safe and equal. LWL identifies and addresses key inequalities that prevent women in Longford achieving full social/ economic potential. We provide women-centred services (Childcare, DV, Counselling, Training, Female Entrepreneurship), capacity-building and local/national advocacy. Longford Women’s Manifesto Group (LWMG) is a flagship project of Longford Women’s Link (LWL), a rural-based women’s social enterprise in Longford, Ireland. LWMG is based on a model of positive engagement between women and local decision-makers. While women are actively involved in a range of organisations at a community level, for many reasons they are not engaged politically at a local level.
More information: www.lwl.ie
About the project:
LWL has long asserted that when we support the women of our community, we support their families – the economic independence programmes run by both organisations in the past are clear evidence of this. Therefore we propose to deliver our programme which has two main outcomes:
1. Promote the engagement of women within the partner groups to effectively participate in local democratic structures (including understanding the electoral systems and reasons for active citizenship engagement) thereby not only enhancing their understanding of local democracy but also promoting a local democratic environment with more outcomes for women.
2. Foster an awareness and understanding of how engaging as active citizens can support groups during times of economic and political crises
The overall aim of the programme is to build on the existing model established by LWL and develop a European model which can be replicated.
More information about the project can be found in the attached document:
| INSTITUTION | Longford Women’s Link |
| TYPE OF INSTITUTION | Other |
| CONTACT NAME | Tara Farrell |
| CONTACT E-MAIL | tarafarrell@lwl.ie |
| COUNTRY | Ireland |
| NAME OF THE PROGRAMME | Europe for Citizens / Civil society projects |
| PROJECT TOPIC | Local Democracy for Women in Europe Programme |
| WORKING LANGUAGE | EN |
| EXPIRATION DATE | 01.03.2018. |
