📢On the 12th of October our interactive webinar took place, an event dedicated to promoting active citizenship, inclusion, and gender equality with a special focus on empowering women from second-generation migrant backgrounds.
📝An interesting discussion was developed, focusing on the current landscape of female political participation, and it was an opportunity to exchange key insights, and unpack the distinct obstacles women face when entering public life.
Our keynote speaker, Tilbe Gündüz @tilbegunduz , argued that civic participation begins with feeling safe and a sense of belonging. Drawing on her personal experience as a migrant building community in Athens, together with insights from her professional work and projects, she explored how underrepresented groups create chosen families and safe spaces. Her central message was that grassroots space-making is the foundation for turning vulnerability into real civic agency and active participation.
The interviews with migrant women that were broadcasted during the webinar gave further depth to the conversation on civic participation, political life, and European identity as well as inspiration on taking action.