Empower Vulnerable Women And Youth With Disabilities In The Digital Age
The problem
The female unemployment rate is 50% greater than the male one. Unemployed women face a lack of financial and personal independence, poor integration, and under-representation in local and national communities.
In Greece, gender inequalities in digital education start appearing even in lower secondary education, while in upper secondary education, 85% of female students never or almost never engage in coding/programming.
The most vulnerable groups (e.g., youth with disabilities, and female refugees) face significantly higher unemployment rates and can be almost entirely excluded from employment.
Strategic Partner
Empowering Women and Youth with Disabilities
Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace
Promoting Economic Independence
Fostering Inclusive Communities
Our solution
We have designed a project to empower vulnerable women and youth with disabilities and strengthen their career paths in the world of work, focusing on the digital world. The project targets the inclusion of women in professional sectors that lacks equal representation.
The project offers the following services:
- Integration support courses; soft skills, empowerment, and career orientation for work-readiness
- Tailor-made, hard-skill vocational courses
- Employability services
Beneficiaries
- 340 Participants trained.
- 240 People received Employability services.
- 150 Participants employed.
- 278 People supported.
Testimonials
A special experience! First of all, you gave us hope! The excitement of knowing that you can start again from somewhere… we materialized something together But each one individually in a matter that concerns us all ! The greatest investment one can make is in knowledge! This should never stop. You have given us a little piece of the wealth that each of us carries within us! Congratulations for the special work that is being offered! i feel lucky to have been part of this program ! It just keeps getting better and better!
Facts About Greece
- 21% vulnerable female employment.
- 4% of women in tech.
- 30% unemployment among youth with disabilities.
Testimonials
Thank you very much for the lesson and this opportunity !!! I learned a lot of things. Odysseα has very good programs !!!
Quote
“Women, like men, must be educated with a view to action, or their studies cannot be called education.” ~ HARRIET MARTINEAU
