Youth Workers Forster Gender Equality Through Media

Aims & objectives

 To re-explore and develop participants knowledge and understanding of various concepts related to
gender issues and emphasize the importance of gender equality in Media
 To analyze each partner's country gender issues
 To facilitate networking process among participants and promote new common projects related to gender
equality
 To give space for participants to set new networks related to gender equality
 To improve the intercultural, non-formal and informal learning process resulting in a wider impact on
community
 To promote non-formal learning and Erasmus+ Program.
 To give an opportunity to meet local advocates and other professionals working with this topic and get
inspired
 To provide participants with tools, needed for project development.
 To clarify the challenges of and opportunities of gender equality issues under Erasmus plus

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

27 youth workers from the European Union Member States and Neighboring Partner Countries - Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland and the Netherlands.

Training methods used & main activities

Different scale of activities as simulations, role-plays, group activities, discussions, presentations, field visits providing opportunity to re-explore the concepts of gender and sex, gender stereotypes in the media of the EU and neighboring countries, "Gender mainstreaming", "Mass Media" and etc.

Outcomes of the activity

TC has atchieved most of the objectives to the fullest, leaving the group satisfied.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I was a trainer for the TC.

I worked on this training for 6 days as a full time trainer.