Uruguay

A non-profit making civil association, Casa de la Mujer de la Unión (CMU) was created in 1987 in order to promote gender equity among the lest privileged sectors of the population. CMU was created in order to fill a vacuum and to provide to a space where women could receive help and support. Its mission is to encourage and implement activities and programmes aimed to promote women, both young and old. From 1998 CMU worked with adolescents and young people between 13 and 24 years from marginalised areas - particularly from the La Unión, Villa Española and Toledo communities, in mixed and single sex groups. The project proposes audiovisual training and production for young people in the above areas aimed at questioning Uruguayan society's stigmatization of young people from poor sectors. The production and distribution of audiovisuals is conceptualised as a way of networking, facilitating exchange and establishing positive links between young people in different areas. Furthermore the activities are seen as a way to construct identity from the perspective of the young people themselves, challenging the negative identity assigned to them by society. The beneficiaries will be 70 young women and men. The project includes personal social development workshops, technical skills training as well as encounters where young people will discuss their communication rights, and dissemination of the audiovisual production.

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