Building a new life: the challenges, hopes and trajectories of migrant women living in Malta.
Building a new life: the challenges, hopes and trajectories of migrant women living in Malta.
Migrant Women Association Malta is enrolled and classified as a civic and advocacy organization. MWAM’s main objective is the social & economical advancement concerning asylum seekers, refugees and migrant women in the Maltese Islands. We seek to work with, empower and facilitate asylum seekers, refugees and migrant women to find their true potential and power to participate and play a …
Friday the 15th of October 2021 Emergency Response Project Breakthroughs(continued) We are very pleased to share that after a great success, the Emergency Response Support Project is still ongoing! Thanks to your persistent support, MWAM was able to collect enough resources to assist over 200 women and families in the past 2 years! During this period, we have opened our …
Stepping Up Migrant Women Association Malta’s research on employment of asylum-seeking women, implemented through Project Stepping -Up under the Small Initiatives Support Scheme 2015, The Voluntary Organisations Fund within the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector (MCVS). Download MWAM’s Competence Handbook On the 15 of April 2019 through the Better Future Project that was funded by the …
(Protection and Prevention) The Migrant Women Association Malta was established in 2015 as one of the organizations that provide counselling, training, information sessions, and workshops to strengthen refugees, asylum seekers, and migrant women knowledge on the sexual and gender-based violence topics. MWAM has been contracted to build the methodology and implement information sessions training on sexual and gender-based violence with …
ADDRESS: 1A Rhea Buildings – Triq Santissima Trinita, HAMRUM, MRS 2280,Migrant Women Association Malta. Click here to see MWAM on the MAP. Working hours: Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Email Address: migrantwomenmalta@gmail.com
MWAM Self-Care Project #AloneTogether Funded by the US Embassy Grants Programme:- 24th August 2020 -31 December 2020 The global pandemic which started in early 2020, left many people unemployed and isolated, perhaps none more so than migrants living on the margins of Maltese society. Studies have shown that instances of domestic abuse have risen during periods of confinement. Along …
You can make an impact on the lives of our clients from migrant women. Volunteering MWAM is constantly looking for motivated team members to join. You will be welcomed into a team that are all keen to make an impact on the migrant women’s lives. One of our main goals is to provide our members with an environment that promotes constant …
BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN,IS A TRIBE OF OTHER SUCCESSFUL WOMEN
SUPPORT
We support Migrant, Refugees and asylum-seeking women, who fall in the extremely vulnerable groups yet at the same time have a great potential and capacity to overcome the situation they are going through when they arrive in a new country.
PROMOTE
We promote the personal empowerment of migrant, refugees and asylum-seeking women by achieving their integral development through the learning of new skills and knowledge that makes them aware and confident of their abilities.
LISTEN
To the complaints of rights violations and cases of sexual and gender-based violence, offering guidance and safe spaces of trust and understanding.
ADVISE
We offer professional, organizational and even emotional advice for those in need. We value your confidentiality.
We perceive ourselves as a reference point to go to for support, advice, guidance and understanding.
COLABORATE
MWAM participates in joint projects, seminars, supports and initiatives with other local and international NGOs, organisations and entities as well as with individuals to achieve a fairer world in which all people enjoy a life worth living.
DEFEND
Human Rights and dignity of all people, focusing on refugees, asylum-seeking and migrant women.
Migrant Women Association Malta works follows different lines of action to achieve its objective of strengthening the capacities of refugee, asylum-seekers and migrant women in order to promote their comprehensive development. Among our projects are the Emergency Campaign for covid19, Sahha! and Women’s Wings. EMERGENCY CALL COVID19 MWAM started a campaign against the clock on March 26th. A campaign ready to …