On Thursday 29 February and Friday 1 March, the third international training that is part of the WE-EMPOWER project took place in Madrid, Spain. It coincided with a public event and the fourth project meeting where 16 people from WIDE+ members and the project partners took part. During the meeting, the participants discussed and reflected on our ways of working and mutual collaboration as partners. Through a series of participatory activities, they also got creative with ideas on how to present and share remaining project deliverables as well as discussed actions for future collaborations. The training part focused on gaining more from using online tools for collaboration and feminist education.
The public event, organised by Red de Mujeres Latinoamericanas y del Caribe, showcased the work carried out by partner organisations to promote migrant women’s civic and political participation. This included Gender and Development in Practice (GADIP), the Association of Romanian Women’s Lobby in collaboration with A.D.R.I. in Italy, and GABRIELA Germany. The second panel, titled “The Right to Vote for Migrants Residing in Spain,” featured local government representatives and the powerful testimony of Carolina Elías Espinoza, highlighting the structural and cultural barriers faced by migrant women as domestic workers in Spain and their challenges in political participation.
