Art and education for social inclusion of migrant women

The project aimed to: - create tools for the empowerment of migrant women, through the combination of effective training methodologies such as art therapy, storytelling, psychological support prac...

The project aimed to: - create tools for the empowerment of migrant women, through the combination of effective training methodologies such as art therapy, storytelling, psychological support practices and mutual aid; - promote among migrant women of different ages and origins, resilience, creativity, to overcome psychological distress and facilitate integration into host societies, through activities aimed at increasing self-esteem and an attitude of self-entrepreneurship; - involve a large number of organizations at local/national/European level in addressing the problems of migrant women.

The project saw the implementation of the following activities: - activation of working groups for each partner organization. - Joint staff training event for the staff of the partner organizations, in order to exchange practices and experiences, and thus contribute to the definition of the methodological approach and tools of the project. - Implementation of 4 Transnational Project Meetings, and several remote coordination meetings. - Realization of 4 Multiplier Events. - Realization of laboratories for the experimentation of the practices created by the project, based on art therapy, Sand play therapy, cinema, music, autobiographical narration, digital storytelling, artistic-craft activities for orientation, training and self-entrepreneurship. - Implementation of psychological support paths and mutual help groups, for the psychological well-being of migrant women. - Actions for the creation of project results.

In terms of tangible results, the project has produced: - 1 ARTEMI TOOL KIT, a guide tool for educational activities based on art therapy for social inclusion through artistic-craft approaches, autobiographical narration techniques and digital storytelling to support migrant women in self-awareness and planning for emancipation. - 2 ARTEMI OCCUPABILITY GUIDELINES, guidelines to rediscover skills and abilities with autobiographical narration and motivate training and self-entrepreneurship. - 3 ARTEMI SUPPORT PRACTICES, a guide for psychological support to migrant women, through art therapy and mutual help groups. - Experimental activities aimed at migrant women. - Dissemination activities and tools. In terms of educational impact: - greater knowledge for partner organizations regarding methodologies for the empowerment of migrant women through tools based on art therapy, storytelling, craftsmanship. - Empowerment of migrant women involved in the experimental activities. - Dissemination of the methodologies to other organizations that deal with social inclusion of migrant women.