2024 Outstanding Peace SUPPORT

Year granted award: 2024

Centre d’Estudis de les Dones d’Europa (CEDE), is an organization that promotes gender equality, and human rights. It is private, but acts in the interest of the public. It provides real solutions to problems that exist in society, with a success rate of 90% to 100%. It is aimed at companies, educational centers and institutions, with a human centric approach. They tackle these issues with a full 360° process: engaging in legal, economic, labor, mental health and emotional wellbeing, communication and educational support. Their mission is to “Build a better world alongside people.”

Their programmes in operation are: “Woman Reinvent Yourself”, an emergency plan for covid in Catalonia targeting women entrepreneurs, freelancers and business owners. With support from the Generalitat de Catalunya, it gives aid in the form of strategic and process consulting. Using this program women entrepreneurs and business owners can augment their businesses via a tailor made improvement plan.

CEDE has many professional programs designed to support women, “Woman Grows Up”, and men and women indiscriminately, “People Grow”. These programs give career advice and professional mentoring.

The “Giving Voice” program gives access to the media sector through internships and jobs in management positions. Inserting people with disabilities or who have faced ageism into the labor market.

‘Make Way’ & ‘Seduction of Talent’ targets university students by offering them real internship opportunities in managerial positions and giving access to a younger workforce for the company.

CEDE also has a range of non professional support programs, including: “Sport & Women” , “Gives Health”, “School of Equity, Diversity and Gender” and “Give Human Rights” to support victims of war, human trafficking, abuse, gender-based violence, workplace harassment and single-parent families to restore their personal dignity through legal, psychological and employment support.

CEDE uses artificial intelligence as a lever for change with a data driven approach. They also carry out studies and publish articles to spread awareness of the gender divide, how we can combat it, and to make the world a better world for all people.

Outstanding Environmental Peace