European expert meeting & presentation of the new EquAlley toolbox – please register through the form below

According to 2023 research, 83 per cent of Dutch girls between 15 and 25 have experienced sexual harassment in public spaces, 62 per cent say they change their behavior in an effort to prevent it (according to PLAN International). Street harassment is mostly perpetrated by men and boys, and is strongly related to masculinity norms. The EquAlley project aims to make conversations with teenagers about these topics more accessible, by providing teachers and educators with tools and information: for all kids to understand street harassment better, for girls and lgbtqia+ kids to better cope with street harassment, and for boys to become effective allies in preventing it.

In this international, interactive learning event we will examine the workings of street harassment, how men and boys can become part of the solution, and why we should we work on transforming masculinities for violence prevention. With our project partners from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Poland we will discuss international differences and similarities and other key take aways from the project. We present the EquAlley toolbox and demonstrate some exercises and show how you can use the ideas and exercises from this new toolbox in your work with young people or any audience.

Programme

We are hosting Jens van Tricht, author of Why Feminism is Good For Men and founder and director of Emancipator for a keynote on masculinities and involving men as part of the solution of gender based violence.

Presentation of the new EquAlley toolbox including demonstration of some exercises.

In a panel discussion we will hear speakers representing Myrthe van Gestel from Fairspace, Ginney Liu from the Municipality of Amsterdam, Ana Belén Díaz López from Centro Formativo Otxarkoaga (Bilbao, Spain) and Wanda Baranowska from University of Łódź  (Poland) about their experiences with working on gender education and the prevention of gender based violence and street harassment, and involving men and boys.

World café with breakout conversations around different topics. Both during and after the programma there will be plenty of time to talk to other participants and hear about their experiences in the field.

The EquAlley project

This event is the final conference of the international EquAlley project, an Erasmus+ project with our partners Aidlearn (Portugal), Otxarkoaga (Spain), University of Łódź (Poland) and EURO-NET (Italy). It sets out to challenge gender stereotypes, social injustice and gender-based violent behaviour, particularly in public spaces, in youngsters, by encouraging them to rethink gender roles and stereotypes. Together we our partner organisations we have designed a toolbox with information and exercises for teachers and educators to help them have conversations with youngsters about these topics.

Practical information

• 12.00 doors open for lunch; 13.00 start of the programme. end & drinks 16.30
• This event is in English, the toolbox will be available in hard copy in both Dutch and English. We expect most participants will be Dutch speakers and will host some breakout sessions in Dutch
• The plenary parts of this event will be recorded and will be later made available online
• Our venue is accessible for wheel chair users
• Food includes vegan options, please let us know about other preferences through the registration form below

Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union

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