WORTH – Women in Resistance in the 20th Century – is a project funded by the European Union and within the programme Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) designed and implemented by five international partners organisation from Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Poland and Romania.

The project aims at raising awareness about the historical narrative of people who fought for freedoms during the 20th century, stories that are often untold and unknown: the unheard stories of women in resistance.

The main aspiration of our international partners through is to restore and empower the value of women who have been at the forefront of various form of resistance during the 20th century in Europe enhancing the transition to the democratic rule.

WOmen in Resistance in 20th century (WORTH) is a project fundend by the European Union within the program Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Program.

The WORTH project aims to raise public awareness and increase knowledge and understanding of the historical narrative of women’s resistance during the 20th Century in Europe.

The project involves five non governmental organisations experienced in European projects design and implementation from Italy, Slovenia, Portugal, Poland and Romania allowing a broad perspective and a transnational reflection on the topic.

​The project focuses on resistance during the 20th century and the role it played in democratic transition, providing a more inclusive vision and a EU dimension on common history, fostering an international culture of remembrance and giving a more gender balanced understanding of history.

Throughout the 20th century, women played a very important social, civic, and political role in all European countries and various contexts. However, in the democratic transition, their presence and contributions were no less significant than those of men.

WORTH intends to have an impact on various beneficiaries, namely the target group of the activities: young people and the general community and civil society.

In order to have the expected impact partnerships will organize commemorative and disseminations events in the project implementation allowing to reach the key project impact while raising awareness among EU citizens, especially young people, on the role of women in the complex and mostly unknown Eu history of resistance.

Infact, the project involves various activities targeted primarily at young people and students, utilizing non-formal education methods and gamification techniques. These activities, such as Urban Trekking and the Human Library events, aim to stimulate reflection and engage participants in an interactive and participatory manner. By combining local events with international conferences and seminars, the project creates a space for sharing experiences and fostering a broader understanding of European history.

The project will, therefore:

•  Bring youngsters closer to EU history of XX century related to totalitarian regimes, with its characteristics, similarities and differences among countries;
• Spark youngsters’ curiosity on women’s contributions and achievements through their roles in Resistance.

This is possible thanks to the creation of a pan-European consortium and network of the five different organisations involved in the project belonging to different field of activities aiming at boostering the sense of responsibility towards the democracy and freedom rights that all EU citizens should embrace.