Digital empowerment of refugee women in the UK Using the power of the internet to help refugee women connect, share and learn about life in the UK. Starting life in the UK When a refugee woman settles in the UK, it can be a time of celebration, relief and new beginnings. But she may also face challenges – with the language, fitting in and understanding what life here is like. The Covid-19 pandemic made this even harder because it sped up the movement of resources online.  For women who don’t have IT equipment or skills, or the money to afford devices, [...]

TEACH DIGITAL NEWSLETTER: May 2022 With this newsletter, we are pleased to update you on the developments of the Teach Digital project, led by the Go-Woman! Alliance CIC (UK), in consortium with the Latvian Adult Education Association, MOMENTUM Marketing Services (Ireland), University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), the European E-learning Institute (Denmark) and the European Network of Migrant Women (Belgium/Europe). Teach Digital aims to increase the digital skills and confidence of educators working with lower-skilled women from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds. It sets to implement appropriate learning strategies and digital tools that will make learning digital more feasible and relevant [...]

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The IncludeMe Good Practice Guide also includes informal types of mediation. One example is the Living Libraries in Spain. This is a program where authentic human beings are the books. Living Libraries want to fight against prejudices and stereotypes through interpersonal dialogue, focusing on the vital stories of their main characters. The program allows for one-to-one conversations on matters of diversity, such as LGBTQI+ and migrant living experiences, in an open and safe environment. The talk is triggered by curiosity and becomes a deep personal experience, resulting in emotional responses, self-reflection and increased knowledge and understanding. The program consists of three-part, 2-hour [...]

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Another good practice example of mediation for inclusion in education is the VERSO program. VERSO brings restorative methods to everyday activities for professionals in early childhood education and teaching, as well as for children and students. Within this program, mediation takes place as a voluntary peer activity for students and as part of the daily work of the staff. The activities of the program is linked to their daily lives. The restorative approach strengthens a culture of conciliatory action. Restorative mediation provides an alternative method of peace-building and resolving conflicts between students and between teachers and students in everyday activities. Mediation [...]

This program, which is set up by the European Institute for Conflict Resolution, trains teachers to both mediate conflicts as well as to set up mediation training programs themselves. The program consists of a 2-part 3-day course. By empowering teachers to guide their students through a 6-stage mediation process the educators are also empowering students to become mediators themselves. The opportunity to give students the ability to settle classroom conflicts on their own offers multiple potential benefits. For instance, teachers and other school staff spend less time mediating conflicts among students – and are therefore able to spend more of that [...]

One of the examples of Good Practices included in the IncludeMe Good Practice Guide is a mediation service in the historical center of Zaragoza, Spain. This service provides a holistic approach to mediation for the people living in the neighborhood. The service aims to positively transform social behavior through an alternative approach to conflict resolution, which includes: prevention and awareness campaigns; helping raise awareness to the needs of the community; disseminating information on mediation. Scholarships are also granted for mediation training activities for community agents, and community and interpersonal mediation. By promoting mediation at different levels and by developing plans for [...]