Host of the activity: ELIX – Conservation Volunteers Greece, www.elix.org.gr

Topics: Gender; Equality; Social Inclusion; Living together; Intercultural awareness;

When: 23 April – 30 April

Place: Athens, Greece

Number of participants: 35 participants (4 participants + 1 leader (per group)

 

About the project:

“Ε+ GENDERATION – Youth Exchange on Gender sensitivity and Generation” is the title of the new project, planned by ELIX that will be implemented in 2023 with the involvement of more than 20 youth participants, who will develop their competence in gender sensitivity.

Gender-related issues are crucial in our society, on our everyday life, and on everything related to people. The promotion of gender sensitivity is considered to be among the main pillars of enhancing intercultural learning, mutual respect and social cohesion. It’s very important to raise awareness on gender sensitivity, and develop tools and methods to make it possible and develop along with the young people, a process which could enable them to become more aware of gender equality.

The youth exchange will gather 35 young people, youth workers, activists, volunteers from 7 European countries, with different gender policies and cultural frames, so as to promote and facilitate non formal education methodology about gender deconstruction and gender equality in a European level.

 

Aim and objectives:

The aim of this youth exchange project is to encourage youth leaders, volunteers and youth workers to get familiar with basic terms used in discussion on gender related issues, gender-based discrimination the opportunity to learn about different ways to fight discrimination based on gender among the youth they come in contact with on a daily basis.

More specifically, the objectives of the training course are:

  • To make participants familiar with the concept and the basic terms of gender and gender-based discrimination;
  • To bring the participants to an active reflection on the topic through human rights and the consequences of the COVID19 to those;
  • To empower and develop the participants ‘competence in gender mainstreaming with a focus on cultural differences;
  • To raise awareness among youth participants on gender-sensitive issues;
  • To introduce the concepts and methods of minority and women rights used in youth work;
  • To share and exchange common tools, practices and campaigns for advocacy towards the promotion of gender and human right;
  • To discover possibilities of future involvement and to develop joint actions for the future exploitation of the results of the Youth Exchange;
  • To get familiar with concrete tools for HRE that can be applicable for their future activities;
  • To stimulate participants to act as multipliers in their local communities.

 

Target group:

We are searching for thirty-five (35) strong motivated young people, volunteers and youth workers (18 to 30 years old), interested in developing their knowledge on the topic of gender. Partners are highly encouraged to involve young people with fewer opportunities within their groups (economic difficulties, school dropout, social isolation, discrimination, etc.).

 

Financial Conditions:

Board, lodging, visa costs, local transports, all materials and the content of the activities are fully covered.

Participants will be in charge of arranging their own insurance for their travel and stay in Greece.

Travel costs to and from the venue are covered according to the Erasmus+ lump sums, Based on the travel distance per participant. Travel distances must be calculated using the distance calculator supported by the European Commission (https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/distance-calculator) For travel distances between:

100 – 499km: 180 EUR per participant

500 – 1999km: 275 EUR per participant

2000 – 2999km: 360 EUR per participant

 

 

For further Information: Please contact Christina Milioridou at youth@elix.org.gr

 

 

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