The Femtalks Forum
Theatre activities and Digital Storytelling to Empower Migrant Women, Foster Social Inclusion and Change narratives
FemTalks Forum aims to combine different training methodologies into a single highly blended learning program for the development of female migrants. Enabling women to acquire new skills, strengthen their self-confidence and self-efficacy. Participants then have the opportunity to master the practical application of what they have learned using an innovative digital sharing platform.
Using this learning programme, FemTalks Forum intends to help female migrants increase their employability and social inclusion and provide them with additional support for further development.
The cooperation gathers 7 organisations from six different countries, like Inova Consultancy from the United Kingdom, Elan Interculturel from France, Matera Hub and #reteteatro41 from Italy, InterAct from Austria, Odysee from Belgium, and Artemisszió Foundation from Hungary. The partners executed different workshops in the field of group coaching, Forum Theatre, and digital storytelling, online and offline, adapting the opportunities to the pandemic context.
In Hungary, Artemisszió Foundation realised the learning programme, which consisted of two coaching and two online theatre processes and several online creative short workshops that targeted female migrants, living in Hungary and in the cases of the online workshops, female migrants from all around the world.
This is how participants of the events recall their experiences:
“To express my emotions during the week was so healing for me – I feel younger than before.”
“Never give up – to see different interventions helps you imagine solutions in your own life.”
“Some specific exercises helped me to regulate my anger.”
“Releasing the voice and expressing ideas through language allows us to release the emotions and feelings. This is especially important in the first three years in a new country when everything feels somehow stuck.”
“After this intensive week, and especially after the performance, I feel more open and confident towards my surroundings and able to face difficult situations at public authorities.”
Webpage: https://femtalksforum.eu/
Storysharing platform: https://platform.femtalksforum.eu/
Contact person: Anna Végh, anna.vegh@artemisszio.hu
Written by OSA
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