Gender Equality in Adult Education
Heinrich Böll Foundation – Thessaloniki Office and the Gender Alliance present the guide "Gender Equality in Adult Education".
The overall aim of this guide is to inform, raise awareness and empower adult learners and teachers in educational organizations, structures and adult education units, both in private and public sector, in order to acquire specialized knowledge, skills and methodological tools, so that they can process and critically reflect on issues related to gender, in modern social reality. In particular, the educational material (exercises-activities, tools, methodology) and experiential- training workshops were designed by gender experts, in order to give the opportunity to the participants to realize and reflect on gender stereotypes and how they build within us -unconsciously and subtly- a whole pyramid of sexism, misogyny, gender toxicity and violence. And to proceed (inside and outside them) to actions of reconstruction of this psychosocial edifice.
As for the educational staff and education executives, the program sets an additional aim: to provide the appropriate tools and methodology (through special training seminars and specialized training materials) to be able to autonomously implement similar actions in their workplaces in the future.
To achieve the above, the following specific fields were selected:
1. Gender and stereotypes in our lives and upbringing: education, family, society, public discourse, games, hobbies, sports, friendship
2. Gender and stereotypes in our daily lives: internet, social media, television, magazines, newspapers, advertising, fashion
3. Gender and studies/work: school, educational content, educational options, career development
4. Gender-based violence: companionship, consent, sexual harassment, sexism, misogyny, toxic masculinity, domestic violence, abuse, femicide.
Product details
Table of contents
1. Introduction 6
2. General aim 7
3. Special fields-axes 8
4. Specific training objectives 9
5. Training methodology 10
6. Educational techniques 12
7. Educational material 13
8. Structure and summary of educational training activities 14
9. Detailed presentation of exercises/activities: 15
9.1. Start activator 16
9.1.1. Video: “Well, he didn’t kill her already” 16
9.2. Specific field 1 Gender and stereotypes in our lives and upbringing 18
9.2.1. Exercise: Stereotypes that stand the test of time! 18
9.2.2. Exercise: Gender stereotypical pictures 22
9.2.3. Video: English experiment with infants and toys 24
9.3. Special field 2 Gender and stereotypes in our daily lives 26
9.3.1. Exercise: Fashion photos 26
9.3.2. Video: Spanish experiment with children and fashion photographs 28
9.3.3. Advertisement: Sexist content in advertising 30
9.3.4. Advertisement: A better man can 32
9.4. Specific field 3 Gender and studies/work 34
9.4.1. Exercise: Gender stereotypes and occupations 34
9.4.2. Video: European campaign on gender and education 38
9.4.3. Video: English experiment with young children and professions 40
9.4.4. Video: Norwegian experiment with children and equal pay at work 42
9.5. Special field 4 Gender-based violence 44
9.5.1. Card: Types of gender-based violence 44
9.5.2. Exercise: Gender-based violence statistics 46
9.5.3. Exercise: Proverbs 60
9.5.4. Card: Gender-based violence pyramid 64
9.5.5. Video: Children and parents - imitation 66
9.5.6. Video: Daughter’s letter to dad (consent, gender-based violence, toxic masculinity and companionship) 68
9.5.7. Support services and structures for victims of gender-based violence 70
9.6. Integration activator 72
9.6.1. Video: Slap her 72
10. The Alliance 74
11. Heinrich Böll Foundation 75
12. Annex 75