“What if women’s leadership also meant safer, healthier communities?”
🎯 About the Project
The “Women’s Leadership in Health & Safety Education” project, coordinated by Femina ry (Finland), aims to strengthen the capacity of educators and community leaders to integrate health and safety education, gender equality, and digital learning into leadership programmes for adults.
The initiative addresses three key challenges in adult education:
- Gender-sensitive leadership — empowering women to create safer and more inclusive workplaces.
- Digital transformation — equipping educators with skills to deliver accessible online and blended training.
- International collaboration — fostering long-term partnerships to share best practices and co-create innovative learning models.
Through this project, six adult education professionals from Femina ry will participate in an 8--day training programme in Riga, Latvia, organised by Mācību centrs Komunālceltnieks — a leading vocational and adult education institution with over 30 years of experience in safety and leadership training.
🎯 Our Goals
1️⃣ Lead Safely
Integrate gender-sensitive health & safety education into leadership programmes.
2️⃣ Learn Digitally
Equip educators with digital tools for blended and remote learning.
3️⃣ Connect Internationally
Build strong European partnerships for inclusive and innovative adult education.
🧭 Objectives
- Integrate health and safety education into leadership training, with focus on gender-specific workplace risks.
- Enhance digital competences of staff to design inclusive, blended learning experiences.
- Build European partnerships for continuous knowledge exchange and capacity building in adult education.
📚 Learning Activities
- Participants will take part in interactive workshops, study visits, and collaborative sessions covering:
- Gender-sensitive leadership and safety culture.
- Digital education tools and online learning platforms.
- Inclusive learning methods and unconscious bias.
- Community-based safety initiatives.
- Programme design and evaluation using Europass Mobility standards.
- Upon completion, participants will develop pilot modules and implement them in their organisations, ensuring that new approaches become part of Femina ry’s regular training offer.
🤝 Project Partners
Femina ry (Finland) – the coordinating organisation, promoting women’s empowerment, inclusion, and leadership through adult education. Femina ry provides non-formal learning opportunities focused on gender equality, social innovation, and sustainable development.
Mācību centrs Komunālceltnieks (Latvia) – the hosting partner, specialising in adult and vocational training in health & safety, leadership, and digital education. The centre provides high-quality, inclusive learning environments that combine practical skills with European best practices.
This project fully aligns with the Erasmus+ Quality Standards and EU core values:
- Inclusion & Diversity: ensuring equal opportunities for participants, especially women from underrepresented backgrounds.
- Environmental Sustainability: promoting green travel and eco-friendly practices during mobility.
- Digital Education: using digital tools to enhance access to learning and communication.
- Active Citizenship: building an engaged European network of educators and leaders promoting equality and safety.
💬 Expected Results
Improved staff competencies in digital, inclusive, and safety-oriented leadership.
New, gender-sensitive training materials and modules.
Strengthened European partnerships for adult education innovation.
Greater visibility of women’s leadership in the field of health and safety education.
🎓Materials:
Project results will be shared through Femina ry’s website, social media, and European platforms such as EPALE and the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform, using hashtags: #SafeLearning #WomenLead #InclusiveEd #ErasmusPlus
