Empowerment of Venezuelan Migrant Women Leaders (with OIM)

Empowerment of Venezuelan migrant leaders

Data

Status

Active

Start

2021

Implementation

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The Office of the Special Envoy for the Response to Venezuela of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the DSI of the OAS have been working since 2021 on training activities and strengthening the capacities of women leaders of the Venezuelan diaspora and visibility campaigns to highlight their role in host communities in different countries of the Americas.

One of the activities is the organization of webinars, addressing the role of women leaders of Venezuelan diaspora organizations on topics such as gender-based violence, human trafficking and xenophobia. Different digital tools for leadership have also been addressed.

Within the framework of these trainings, the leaders expressed the need to continue learning trough a network. This was the origin of the proposal to hold a face-to-face meeting with Venezuelan women leaders from different countries in the region.

Since then , the Regional Network of Venezuelan Diaspora Leaders has generated various activities and support for migrants and refugees.

Objectives

Strengthen the Regional Network of Venezuelan Women Leaders.
Generate spaces for dialogue between Venezuelan Women Leaders for the exchange of good practices and address the different challenges they face.
Provide tools to strengthen the response and action capacities of the participating leaders against crimes such as human trafficking, human trafficking, gender-based violence, among others.
Empower the women leaders of diaspora organizations and improve their advocacy actions by addressing topics such as socio-economic integration, project management, strategic communication for social change, among others.
Make visible the contribution of refugee and migrant women from the Venezuelan diaspora in their host communities.

Activities

Virtual conversations with Venezuelan Women Leaders and Venezuelan Diaspora Organizations, on human trafficking, xenophobia, gender-based violence, digital tools to strengthen leadership, among other topics.
Regional face-to-face meetings with Leaders of the Venezuelan Diaspora.
Communication campaigns to make visible the role of Venezuelan Women Leaders in the host communities.

Campaigns

Communication campaigns to make visible the role of Venezuelan Leaders in host communities.

More Results

Results

Panama Declaration of the 1st Regional Meeting “ Making visible the role and regional networking of the leaders of the Venezuelan Diaspora ” published

Regional Network of Venezuelan Women Leaders of the diaspora created and operating.

Buenos Aires Declaration of the 2nd Regional Meeting “ Strengthening the regional work of the Network of Venezuelan Women Leaders ” published.

3 communication campaigns implemented to make visible the role of Venezuelan Women Leaders of the diaspora

662 Female Venezuelan Leaders trained and empowered in Regional Meeting of Leaders of the Venezuelan Diaspora

5 webinars held on Venezuelan female refugees and migrants, their role and their leadership

Beneficiary Countries