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Youth work De-constructing gender roles

The Training Course “Youth work De-constructing gender roles. Mainstreaming gender in youth work” organised by AHEAD is already ongoing in Comaruga (Tarragona)

Twenty five youth leaders, youth workers and educators from Estonia, Turkey, Catalonia, Italy, Armenia, Romania, and Belarus are meeting to exchange best practices and develop learning competences aimed at mainstreaming gender in youth work through Human Rights Education.

This course is the direct follow up of previous projects supporting youth work developments in the sphere of gender mainstreaming and human rights education.

Through the course we will:

  • explore how gender roles are constructed and “normality” established for masculinities and femininities in diverse communities around Europe;

  • introduce Human Rights Education methodologies and implement approaches and activities that support the role of youth work in this area;

  • contribute actively to de-construct sexist attitudes through youth work tools that challenge predetermined gender roles,

  • exchange best practices, raise awareness and develop competences in key concepts for mainstreaming gender in youth work;

  • develop ideas for incorporating gender perspectives in youth work and at community level, and to introduce and promote the qualitative development of the activities of the new programme for youth in the frames of the Erasmus+ programme.

The methodology of the training course is conceived in ways that require active participation and exchange between participants. It is based on participants’ own experiences and builds on concrete actions for the future. The methodology of the training programme is based on the main principles of experiential learning cycle and non-formal education.

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