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NEW SOCIAL IMAGES OF RURAL WOMEN

The Italian project aims to create innovative models for migrant and native-born women in rural settings, fostering empowerment through agriculture, tourism, and enterprise. It focuses on building networks and providing training for equal opportunities and cultural awareness. The concept of multifunctional agriculture is central to the project, supporting various activities beyond traditional farming. Beneficiaries share their training experiences, showcasing their skills, motivation, and commitment to rural development. By exchanging best practices, the project seeks to empower women across different contexts.

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NEW SOCIAL IMAGES OF RURAL WOMEN

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  1. NEW SOCIAL IMAGES OF RURAL WOMEN THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ITALIAN PARTNERSHIP

  2. The national project of the Italian DP WEBFEM WEB FOR EMPOWERMENT Has the following aims: • Definition of an innovative model for the social and occupational placement of migrant women in a rural environment • Definition and experimentation of an empowerment model for native-born women • Creation of a strong network between native-born and migrant women

  3. Reached trough the following actions: • Communication campaign • Training for the beneficiaries on • Multifunctional agriculture • Tourism • Marketing • Enterprise managment • Communication • E-commerce • equal opportunities • Empowerment actions • Reconciling responsibilitiesservices • Cultural awareness

  4. The contribute of the WEBFEM DP to the transnational NSIRW project

  5. The concept of “multifunctional agriculture” • “By multifunctionality we refer to all the activities which support and are an extension of the agricultural farm. In particular, multifunctionality refers to: • the functions already included in the traditional productive process, which must be recognised and made the most of through support and promotion such as territory monitoring, the rescue and safeguard of the rural landscape, environment protection, implementation of biodiversity and crop diversification, growth and treatment of biomasses also for the production of energy, soil protection and impact on Public Administration costs; • the functions that can be added to those related to the traditional productive process, which must be a source of income: transformation and commerce of agro-food products (excluding wine, oil and cheese, which are considered agricultural products to all effects), taking care of the green areas and working tools, snow shovelling, cleaning of woods, educational and leisure activities, tourism, person-oriented services.

  6. The stories of the beneficiaries on: • Training experience For native born women with a Rural Farm and migrant women

  7. A nice experience for the women involved: • to enforce their competences and to acquire new once • To create new relationships with other women • To learn the use of the ICT instruments [very useful for the overcoming of the isolation of the people living in rural areas]

  8. Multifunctional agriculture and Female entrepreneurship

  9. To share with our partners... • Their experiences of life • Their motivation to realize their dreams • The courage, the passion and the spirit of enterprise of these women • Their social commitment for the development of the rural areas

  10. Through the steering committees, the technical visits and the study visits of the beneficiaries we had the opportunity to share our best experiences and to learn from other partners’ experiences with the aim to transfer them in other contexts

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