WITH YOU*TH towards an active citizenship

About this project

<p>The aim of the project is a promotion of gender equality as an inherent part of democratic and equality values. Through strengthening the partnerships with public administration bodies and nongovernmental organizations the systemic change will be achieved and gender equality will be part of the education curricula. An education expert platform will be established so as to promote the gender equality principles in strategic documents. The project will also include a campaign for strengthening active citizenship carried out by young people, and sociological research of young people’s needs and communication strategies in gender in/equality.</p> <p>The project will also include a campaign for strengthening active citizenship implemented by the youth, and sociological research on the needs of young people. In the first phase of the project, the investigation of young people's needs and communication strategies in the field of gender equality, the results of which will be followed by a campaign implemented by people aged 15 to 25. The conclusions of the research will be available later on the website of this project. A parallel part of the project is the emerging platform for gender-sensitive education, which brings together gender sensitive education experts and experts, as well as those involved in the promotion of gender equality in education. The project also creates a map of Gender sensitive education actors — in the future there will be directories of organizations, institutions or individuals who have expertise or know-how in the field of gender equality support.</p>

Project partners

• Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Project partner· Czechia
• Genderové informační centrum NORA o.p.s. Project partner· Czechia
• Czech Women's Lobby Project partner· Czechia