For three days, EQUAL-CARE partners gathered in Barcelona for two meetings that marked the end of the first year of the project's activities. 

Trainers from Austria, Finland, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Slovenia and Spain were introduced to course modules that focus on equipping professionals with the skills and knowledge to ensure gender equality in the workplace. Through the course they learnt about EU law in the field of gender equality, fighting discrimination and stereotypes, ensuring equal opportunities, etc. The trainers were taught how to deliver these courses to both care workers, and managers and HR in the disability care services sector.

The last day was dedicated to discussing key achievements of the first year of the project:

• Insight report on gender stereotype in care work
• Launch of the awareness raising campaign on social media
• Launch of the series of five webinars. Watch our first webinar "Unseen, undervalued – Recognising the Real Value of Informal Care''

Activities planned for the second year of the project were also presented, and will consists notably of:

• Implementation of training in pilot areas. Trainers will take their learnings from Barcelona and deliver training at local level in the respective countries.
• Webinars and the awareness raising campaign. Our next webinar "Breaking the Mold: Redefining Gender Roles" will take place on 12 March at 10:00.

EASPD will continue to update you on the project development during this last and final year.

About the project

EQUAL-CARE is a CERV project aiming to tackle the gender care gap in both formal care work and informal family caregiving. It aims to develop innovative tools, training, and awareness initiatives to challenge stereotypes, support equal opportunities, and create fair working conditions for all carers.