Lifelong learning, dignity and social paths for women over 65.
WINGS+ is a transnational adult-education partnership across Germany, Italy, Türkiye, Poland and Slovenia. Together we are building tools, learning kits and policy guidelines that fight gender ageism and put older women back at the centre of European civic life.
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Work packages
A transnational consortium of 5 partners
Meet the partners →Project architecture
Five work packages, one shared path.
From mapping existing practices to building EU-wide guidelines, every WP feeds the next — and all five centre the voices of women 65+.
Project Management
Cross-partner coordination, financial and administrative management, quality assurance and risk monitoring across the full lifecycle of WINGS+.
Gender Ageism — Tools to Fight Stereotypes (Practices Collection)
A transnational research and mapping phase to collect existing tools, practices and policies addressing gender ageism toward women aged 65+.
Empowering Women +65 — Methodological Kit
A practical toolkit of gender-sensitive, age-aware learning methods for adult educators working with women 65+.
Overcoming Barriers of Gender Ageism Through Learning and Participation — Field Testing
Hands-on testing of the Methodological Kit with real learner groups of women 65+ in each partner country.
Building WINGS+ — Guidelines
Policy and practice guidelines distilled from the project, addressed to adult-education providers, local authorities and EU stakeholders.
Why WINGS+
Ageing in Europe is feminised — and our learning systems still rarely notice.
Women aged 65+ make up a fast-growing share of the EU population, yet remain largely invisible in mainstream adult-education offers. WINGS+ treats this as a design problem — and rebuilds the offer with them, not just for them.
"Wisdom isn't a stage of life. It's a resource our societies keep underusing."
WINGS+ manifesto
Across Europe
10 good practices we've learned from.
From the Universities of the Third Age to Italian grandmother-led digital literacy and Slovenia's third-age research network, WINGS+ stands on the shoulders of a rich European tradition. We've selected ten practices that point the way forward.
Read the 10 case studies →- ITNonne su InternetRead →
- DESenior Learning at the VolkshochschulenRead →
- SISlovenian Third Age UniversityRead →
- EUAGE Platform Europe CampaignsRead →
- PLWorkshops & Wellbeing at UTW WoźnikiRead →