MIGRANT PARENTING AS EMPOWERMENT. THE EDUCATIONAL CARE OF MIGRANTS MOTHERS WITHIN THE PROCIDA INTEGRATED RECEPTION SYSTEM

Our proposal offers a "female empowerment educational model" aimed at the bio-psycho-social wellbeing of migrant mothers, often victims of prostitution and trafficking, hosted at the SAI (System of Reception and Integration) on the island of Procida since 2018 under the AIDA project – ‘Arturo's Island’, funded by the Ministry of the Interior (Department of Civil Liberties and Immigration), promoted by the Municipality of Procida and LESS Social Cooperative. After having identified migrant women as a specific target group, currently, the AIDA project accommodates 25 beneficiaries from Iran, Nigeria, and Ukraine. Various outcomes have been achieved through the project in terms of selfempowerment, social and parenting skills, and support to the educational models of the welcoming country by “hands-on” activities for mothers and children. Since 2018, the project has initiated agency implementation (Giddens, 1979) through cooperation between the project's multidisciplinary team and the local, educational, and health services. This process has made the "Procida model" a unique example of "second reception", centered upon the intercultural coexistence (Dusi, 2007; Iavarone et al., 2015; Portera, 2004). Through a participatory actionresearch approach and a holistic vision, the AIDA project has brought together the entire chain of formal and informal services at the local community level to implement a support network for the personal and social empowerment of the beneficiaries. This has been notably achieved through the facilitation of job placements through internships and apprenticeships within local artisan workshops, significantly bolstering wellbeing of the beneficiaries in order to embody a comprehensive approach to care and integration.