Let’s say Stop! to gender discrimination in education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Let’s say Stop! to gender discrimination in education

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social dialogue; Inclusion – equity; Gender equality / equal opportunities

Project Summary

Equity in education plays a key role is shaping educational systems and developing societes. Girls education is also essential for the achievement of quality learning relevant to the 21 century, including girls transition to secondary schools and beyond and their performances. Gender-based discrimination in education is both a cause and consequence of deep- roted disparities in society such a poverty, geographical isolation, ethnic backround, disability, traditional attitudes.
Unfortunately girl continue to suffer from disadvantages and exlusion in educational systems throughout their lives. This prevents girls and women for exercising their own roghts. They are also exposed to harmful practices such as early marriage and pregnancy, gender- based violence. Gender must be integrated at all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education, in formal and non-formal setting and from planning infrastructure to training teachers.
Objectives that have been met:
• We brought people together in mobilities and gave them a chance to recognize other cultures and other countries, to compared their educational systems in order to saw the advantages and the disadvantages.
• We expanded students horizon and changed their perspective by meeting new people and new cultures, by developer tolerance and empathy.
• We helped students interac with their environment and developer their creativity through drama, photography and videos.
• We supported students to write their own plays presenting traditions, customs before the mobilities and performed the plays during the mobilities.
• We gave students a chance to express themselves in a correct way. We corrected misunderstandins and broke down prejudices.
• We helped students learn to collaborate and cooperate. We listened to and accepted the points of view and contributions of others.
• We developer the capacity of education policy-makers, planners, teachers and other educational personnel regarding gender-sensitive approache. We broke down prejudices created by people by recognizing each other with the help of drama, dance, photography and videos. We catched students´attention towards the other people in the world.
• We created an oppurtunity to use foreign languages and minimized the difficulties of speaking foreign languages in public.
Project partners was from Romania, Czech republic, Spain, Italy and two schools from Turkey, so we was six partners.
1.SŠOGD PRAKTIK, s.r.o. is from Olomouc, from Czech republic
2.Mehmetcik anadolu lisesi is from Corum, from Turkey.
3.Sarkisla fen lisesi is from Sivas, from Turkey.
4.Centro San Juan Bosco- FD Juan Solé- Salesianos is from Cartagena, from Spain.
5.Ipsia Archimede is from Barletta, from Italy.It is a secondary school.
6.Scoala gimnaziala is from Valisoara, from Romania.
We aimed to promote equal opportunities to quality learning, free from gender-based or other forms of discrimination. We intent to raise awareness on gender discrimination and support communities in their attempts of eliminating it.
In order to achieve our goals, in each of the partner schools project teams were established, consisting of teachers and students. The target groups were the students. We intended to carry on the following activities:
– creating an Erasmus+ corner;
– Logo competition;
– preparing booklets with school presentations;
– organizing chorus;
– making posters, videos presenting a history of women’s education in Europe;
– organizing receptions and seminars on the topic;
– creating comics, mini-posters, photo albums with women who fought for education;
– street interviews;
– Medieval Street Dances, Puppet theatre;
– advertising campaigns: girls who are forbidden to go to school;
– articles;
– calendars;
– Black-light theatre;
– forums;
– creating documentaries;
– organizing exhibitions with photo albums, booklets, etc.
With the grant from the ”Project Management and Implementation“ budget line schools created the project products. Also, a part of the grant was used for the remuneration of the personal involved in the project.
We aimed for the next impact:
– strengthening students’ self-esteem, thinking skills, self-discipline, active participation;
– developing the creative dimension in education;
– improving of ICT and foreign languages skills;
– improving body expression skills;
– developing tolerance and collaboration skills;
– creating and promoting a positive image of the school at a local, national and international level.
In perspective, the project aims at making a change in term of mentalities, with long-term positive effects on the European society.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 152520 Eur

Project Coordinator

Moravska strední skola s.r.o. & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• Scoala Gimnaziala Valisoara
• Centro San Juan Bosco – FP Juan Solé – Salesianos Cartagena
• mehmetçik anadolu lisesi
• ipsia archimede
• SARKISLA ISMET YILMAZ FEN LISESI