Through EAVI’s experiences in the field of hate speech against migrants and refugees, we have come to support the establishment of the RWAN initiative through her founder Lama Jaghjougha. Lama began working at EAVI almost a year ago, and through her role as project officer, is involved in European projects in the field of migrants and refugees.
She is currently leading ‘Building Trust’ online campaign, which aims to clarify the effect of negative reporting that can occur by presenting a distorted and often negative image of migrants by the media and social media platforms, and the damage this can have on European society, politically and socially.
Lama is also a Syrian refugee. Now living in Belgium, she launched the initiative in 2018 with the main goal of empowering refugee and immigrant women as she has personal experience in these matters and has access to a large network of refugee and migrant women.
The idea of her project emerged from the recognition of the lack of support in empowering and enabling immigrant and refugee women, and the effects of stereotypes in the media. In response, Lama began by creating a website and Facebook group, and she was interviewed by UNHCR of Belgium and Luxemburg to speak more about her initiative. She was supported by the European Student Union to obtain funding for her project.
RWAN is an acronym for “Raise Women’s Awareness Network” and the mission is to help the refugee and immigrant women to find a professional and educational opportunity in order to become productive, active individuals in Belgian society. Assisting women to get prepared for the new challenges by building on their past experiences and providing guidance about the new tools is essential for a building a brighter future.
On the 18/3/201 the first workshop, under the title “Shaping the future of immigrant and refugee women” kicked off in Brussels.
The aim was to focus on building a bridge between participants and the education officials and labor market (university, college, associations and companies) in order to provide a space to share contacts, develop proposals and create new opportunities for dialogue and cooperation.
The first event welcomed different representatives from universities and institutions, such as Université libre de Bruxelles, Antwerp University, Welcome Home International organisation, DUO FOR JOB organisation and an expert to improve skills in writing a Curriculum Vitae, Motivation letter and to explore the benefits of platforms like LinkedIn.
Its was a great success and received positive responses from participants. It also grew motivation for many institutions to support the initiative and spread the word to many refugees and migrant women to join the next event.
In next steps, RWAN will continue to host workshops for women, supported by EAVI. The aim is to continue to support this initiative to clarify the importance of empowering migrants and refugees in hosting countries, and to mitigate the damage of hate speech in European society.
We have a social responsibility to help those in need achievement a better future, without any stereotypes, disinformation and hate speech.
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Through EAVI’s experiences in the field of hate speech against migrants and refugees, we have come to support the establishment of the RWAN initiative through her founder Lama Jaghjougha. Lama began working at EAVI almost a year ago, and through her role as project officer, is involved in European projects in the field of migrants and refugees.
She is currently leading ‘Building Trust’ online campaign, which aims to clarify the effect of negative reporting that can occur by presenting a distorted and often negative image of migrants by the media and social media platforms, and the damage this can have on European society, politically and socially.
Lama is also a Syrian refugee. Now living in Belgium, she launched the initiative in 2018 with the main goal of empowering refugee and immigrant women as she has personal experience in these matters and has access to a large network of refugee and migrant women.
The idea of her project emerged from the recognition of the lack of support in empowering and enabling immigrant and refugee women, and the effects of stereotypes in the media. In response, Lama began by creating a website and Facebook group, and she was interviewed by UNHCR of Belgium and Luxemburg to speak more about her initiative. She was supported by the European Student Union to obtain funding for her project.
RWAN is an acronym for “Raise Women’s Awareness Network” and the mission is to help the refugee and immigrant women to find a professional and educational opportunity in order to become productive, active individuals in Belgian society. Assisting women to get prepared for the new challenges by building on their past experiences and providing guidance about the new tools is essential for a building a brighter future.
On the 18/3/201 the first workshop, under the title “Shaping the future of immigrant and refugee women” kicked off in Brussels.
The aim was to focus on building a bridge between participants and the education officials and labor market (university, college, associations and companies) in order to provide a space to share contacts, develop proposals and create new opportunities for dialogue and cooperation.
The first event welcomed different representatives from universities and institutions, such as Université libre de Bruxelles, Antwerp University, Welcome Home International organisation, DUO FOR JOB organisation and an expert to improve skills in writing a Curriculum Vitae, Motivation letter and to explore the benefits of platforms like LinkedIn.
Its was a great success and received positive responses from participants. It also grew motivation for many institutions to support the initiative and spread the word to many refugees and migrant women to join the next event.
In next steps, RWAN will continue to host workshops for women, supported by EAVI. The aim is to continue to support this initiative to clarify the importance of empowering migrants and refugees in hosting countries, and to mitigate the damage of hate speech in European society.
We have a social responsibility to help those in need achievement a better future, without any stereotypes, disinformation and hate speech.
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Through EAVI’s experiences in the field of hate speech against migrants and refugees, we have come to support the establishment of the RWAN initiative through her founder Lama Jaghjougha. Lama began working at EAVI almost a year ago, and through her role as project officer, is involved in European projects in the field of migrants and refugees.
She is currently leading ‘Building Trust’ online campaign, which aims to clarify the effect of negative reporting that can occur by presenting a distorted and often negative image of migrants by the media and social media platforms, and the damage this can have on European society, politically and socially.
Lama is also a Syrian refugee. Now living in Belgium, she launched the initiative in 2018 with the main goal of empowering refugee and immigrant women as she has personal experience in these matters and has access to a large network of refugee and migrant women.
The idea of her project emerged from the recognition of the lack of support in empowering and enabling immigrant and refugee women, and the effects of stereotypes in the media. In response, Lama began by creating a website and Facebook group, and she was interviewed by UNHCR of Belgium and Luxemburg to speak more about her initiative. She was supported by the European Student Union to obtain funding for her project.
RWAN is an acronym for “Raise Women’s Awareness Network” and the mission is to help the refugee and immigrant women to find a professional and educational opportunity in order to become productive, active individuals in Belgian society. Assisting women to get prepared for the new challenges by building on their past experiences and providing guidance about the new tools is essential for a building a brighter future.
On the 18/3/201 the first workshop, under the title “Shaping the future of immigrant and refugee women” kicked off in Brussels.
The aim was to focus on building a bridge between participants and the education officials and labor market (university, college, associations and companies) in order to provide a space to share contacts, develop proposals and create new opportunities for dialogue and cooperation.
The first event welcomed different representatives from universities and institutions, such as Université libre de Bruxelles, Antwerp University, Welcome Home International organisation, DUO FOR JOB organisation and an expert to improve skills in writing a Curriculum Vitae, Motivation letter and to explore the benefits of platforms like LinkedIn.
Its was a great success and received positive responses from participants. It also grew motivation for many institutions to support the initiative and spread the word to many refugees and migrant women to join the next event.
In next steps, RWAN will continue to host workshops for women, supported by EAVI. The aim is to continue to support this initiative to clarify the importance of empowering migrants and refugees in hosting countries, and to mitigate the damage of hate speech in European society.
We have a social responsibility to help those in need achievement a better future, without any stereotypes, disinformation and hate speech.
