Progetto Sud contributes to the promotion of human rights and women empowerment in Colombia

The NGO of the Italian Union of Work (UIL) is implementing two trade union solidarity projects in Colombia, both financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Progetto Sud is actively committed to the promotion of human rights and women empowerment in Colombia with two projects, both financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The first one ended last year and addressed women communities of Bogotá and Raquira, while the second one has started in July and is involving beneficiaries from Bogotá and Cali. Both projects aim at enabling vulnerable categories of women to play a key role in their communities and promoting their integration and social inclusion.

The projects have been designing by applying the experience and methodology of the "Itinerant School" for psychosocial promoters and community leaders, which has been implemented for many years by the local partner “CAPS”, with the aim of training and developing local teams able to respond to the needs for psychosocial assistance in the communities of reference. Through the implementation of multidisciplinary psychosocial paths and an experience-based methodology, it will be strengthened the role of women as active agents of change and, in particular, highlighted their fundamental contribution to conflict resolution for lasting peace.