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The University of Granada has organized during March and July a cycle of sessions in which 24 migrant women had the opportunity to assist and nourished their inner self and their activisms. This cycle of sessions called "Círculo de Saberes" consisted of three sessions, in which the UGR counted with three expert and admirable women: In the first one, Lorena Cabnal talked about the collective selfcare and healing process with the point of view of the comunitarian feminism. The second session was conducted by Pastora Filigrana and it was about governance of migration and what are the mechanisms to do advocacy [...]

The training session held in Paris on June 16 highlighted the practical and psychological impediments migrant women face to obtain proper enforcement of their rights enshrined   in French positive law in accordance with multiple international conventions and European treaties. Proposals for improvement were discussed, stressing the importance of psychological support and the additional changes needed to improve both adequate access to their rights and modify representations as all women are equal and must be treated as such.

This activity took place in Marseille, the day 14th May at the Toursky Theatre. It consisted of, firstly, a literary coffee, in which Naide Hedroug, clinical psychologist, Aicha Soudani, Habiba Djeridane, administrators at FFM and Yasmine Mouloud, writer, animated this intercultural dialogue café. 17 people took part in this moment rich in exchange. To address the theme of this meeting, we have chosen to focus on the writings of three Algerian women in exile: a winner of the short story competition (Soumya Amar Khodja) and two members of the jury (Myriam Ben and Zineb Labidi) with some excerpts of short sotries [...]

The Intercultural Dialogue café "Memories of Exile" started at 2pm on 10th March. The, at 3pm there were parallel creativity workshops with the making of organic cosmetics, jewellerly, ceramics, led by the "Ceramist and Artists of Lilith" and a writing workshop led by Esther Fouchier, founder of FFM. The event closed with a song by Yasmine Mouloud, author-composer-performer, who interpreted pieces of love and peace, in a soft and lively style, in Arabic and Frech. Her songs with Mediterranean influences, tinged with Saharan blues, were accompanied by moderns and traditional instruments. This exchange was a moment of sharing and dialogue between [...]

March 30 was the last day of the Online Course "Human Trafficking and Exploitation of Women in Migratory Context", organised by CICODE of the UGR in the frames of FORUM project. There were more than 40 attendees, who were engaged and with very active participation. During this Course, along 6 sessions, we could acquire deeper knowledge about this phenomenom, thanks to Amaranta Foundation, NGO especialized in assistance and care of victims of human trafficking. Module 1 was conducted by Lola Ferri. We learned about legal framework in Spain and Europe in terms of international protection of victims of human trafficking and [...]

This event, which took place in Verona, Italy, on October 13th, involved 29 participants from that city and one from Belgium. The objective of the conference was to give a national panoramic of extremism and populism and then discuss and confront each other on their impact and evolution in Verona. The guests were Malora Rivista, digital platform built by journalists trying to build a new narrative and InfoSpazio 161, a space of resistance that deals with social issues. Both of them offered an Italian overview of extremisms and then they went into specifics on the situation in Verona. InfoSpazio proposed the [...]

The online course organised by CICODE during the month of November, involved talks and discussions with  various partners and speakers working on issues of migration policies and current realities of the migrant situation in the Spanish state, and the context that this has for the European Union. The course was divided into 6 sessions and 2 accompanying events. The First: Governance and Political Migration and Asylum in the EU and Spain.  Marco Aparicio Wilhelmi, from the Observatorio DESC and Universidad de Girona opened the course giving contextual information on the current situation of migration and asylum processes. This provided the basis [...]

On Tuesday 23rd of November, the book launch of Migraciones y población africana en España. Historias, relatos y prácticas de resistencia (Migrations and the African Population in Spain.  Histories, stories and the resistance practices), coordinated by José Manuel Maroto Blanco and Rosalía López Fernández was presented with the participation of more than 40 attendees. The presentation consisted of two parts, the first in which José Manuel and Rosalía discussed the development of the various chapters of the book, explaining their execution and the relevance to the issues of the African communities in Spain. We also relied on the presence of Fernando López Castellano , [...]