The Connecting Spheres partnership
The partners of the Connecting Spheres action – Oxfam Italia, Oxfam Italia Intercultura and Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini – bring together their expertise and long-standing experience to contribute to the elimination of gender-based violence, to eradicate the behaviour and social norms that perpetuate discrimination and abuse against girls, women and LGBTQIA+ persons, and to work together for the development of a culture of respect.
Oxfam Italia (OIT) is an Italian NGO, member of the Oxfam International Confederation involving 20 organisations in a network in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty. Oxfam Italia’s main areas of intervention are: development cooperation and humanitarian aid (focusing on three main thematic programmes: economic justice, gender justice and crisis response), education for active citizenship, policy and advocacy activities (at Italian and EU level on: economic justice, gender justice, humanitarian crisis response, migration).
Oxfam Italia Intercultura (OII) is a social cooperative from Oxfam Italia group with many years of experience in the reception of refugees and asylum seekers, the provision of legal support to vulnerable groups from a gender perspective (management of community centres and legal desk), the training of front line public and private service on topics such as protection and response to violence against women and children from an international perspective, the development and implementation of programmes for social inclusion of women, girls and LGBTQIA+ people living in vulnerable conditions in Italy and in partnership with other organisations in other EU countries. Over the years, OII has developed collaborations in thematic areas related to gender equality, the fight against gender-based violence towards LGBTQIA+ people, with relevant partners at national and European level.
Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini (FGB) is a network of change-makers with a mission to create real social impact and positive socio-economic progress in all nations and cities. With a 50-year history and an unwavering belief in human potential, FGB is committed to transforming ideas into policies that can pave the way towards a better life for all. FGB has extensive experience in gender-specific studies for various institutional clients including the European Commission, the European Parliament, Eurofound, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality.