The primary target group of UNWIND is young adult women (18 – 35 years old) who lack skills relevant for the labour market and for this reason face difficulties in accessing employment. The targeted female population should have at least a school diploma and genuine interest to work in the ICT sector. The project activities are open to all members of this target group, yet it should be noted that in selecting the participants in the project activities, priority will be given to women facing double disadvantage, like migrant women, single mothers, Roma women etc.

The secondary target groups include a series of entities that are close either to the labour market and/or young adult lowskilled women, such as:
- Employers in the ICT sector / ICT companies (representatives of the sector in the three countries and at EU level)
- Educational institutions both public and private providing learning and training to the primary target group in TR, GR, DE & EU
- Public bodies (local, regional and/or national) responsible for designing and implementing labour market schemes for young adult low-skilled women in TR, GR, DE & EU
- Intermediary organizations (such as technology hubs, incubators, telecentres, co-working spaces, and other community-based organizations) that facilitate access to technological tools and/or employment in TR, GR, DE & EU
- CSOs supporting women and other relevant non-profit organisations focusing on the empowerment of women and especially those most vulnerable such as low-skilled women in TR, GR, DE & EU

Apart from the above target groups, UNWIND will also target the general pubic in the partner countries and the EU in order to inform and raise awareness about the objectives and results of the action.

The UNWIND project’s purpose is to promote the social and economic wellbeing of young adult women with fewer opportunities through upskilling, capacity building & employment mentoring that will ultimately increase the participation of women in the ICT sector and by that way promote gender equality in the labour market in the partner countries & in the EU. The overall objective of UNWIND is to enhance the employability of young adult women through improved ICT skills on web development and self-employed business mentoring as a sustainable pathway to access employment.

The specific objectives are:
- To introduce a holist upskilling and mentoring intervention for low-skilled women interested to enter the ICT sector in the labour market
- To engage low-skilled women in an online bootcamp on web development and prepare their portfolio for presenting their work & seek employment
- To equip low-skilled women with the necessary skills & knowledge to work independently as junior web developers
- To connect low-skilled women with future employers and/or clients and generally the world of business, while being accustomed to networking & PR methods
- To sensitise national and EU stakeholders about the importance of promoting greater participation of women in the ICT sector
- To raise awareness about the opportunities that new technologies & the digital economy have to offer to young adult women seeking stable and/or more flexible employment

The expected results during the project are:
- A distance learning curriculum for building the coding skills of low-qualified young women
- An online coding bootcamp (learning platform) developed, pilot tested & evaluated in TR, DE & GR
- Project portfolios of at least 120 low-qualified young women developed
- Completion certificates of at least 120 women having successfully completed the online course
- Outreach and engagement strategy to encourage (low-qualified) young women to develop their coding competences & skills and pursue a career in ICT developed and promoted
- Enhanced awareness of at least 300 educational authorities, PES and other public or private career guidance and employment support services, CSOs and other relevant stakeholders, on promoting ICT careers to women, and the recruitment of women in the ICT sector*
- Enhanced awareness of at least of 300 low-skilled women about the potential of programming as a career & the different employment opportunities associated with having ICT skills via workshops, EXPO, promotional activities
- Established collaboration with all key actors (employers, educational institutions, certification & public bodies, intermediary organizations, etc) for the the outreach & engagement activities

Ultimately, UNWIND will:
- Enhance the employability of low-qualified women in ICT
- Increase the demand and take-up by low-qualified women to develop their digital competences & skills and pursue a career in ICT
- Promote gender equality in ICT.

The motivation behind the UNWIND project lies on the need to promote the inclusion and wellbeing of low-skilled young adult women in a holistic way by offering a sustainable pathway to employment through skills building, self-employment business mentoring and outreach.UNWIND aims is to enhance the employability of young adult women in TR, GR, DE and EU through improved ICT skills on coding/ web development and self-employed business mentoring as a sustainable pathway to access employment in.

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