04.-11. December 2005, EYC, Budapest
Gender Evolution study session CALL FOR PREP TEAM!
Gender Evolution study session CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Project information
Introduction
Woman is traditionally placed, especially in Eastern Europe, in a narrow circle of her home and family enabling her to express herself only as a wife and a mother. Choosing to follow her aspirations, ambitions, and ideas is often considered with a negative connotation. By exchanging experiences from different societies we wish to find means for preventing these social problems to occur.
We would also like to find main problems that occur due to gender stereotypes and a lack of gender equality, through discussions and debates and we would also like to find out how young people realize gender in different societies in South- Eastern Europe compared also with the view that Western Europe has on it.
We found that young people have very different and sometimes highly opposite views on the issue of sexual differences (many of them are directly affected by the lack of understanding). That is why we wish to open a discussion on it, using those different ideas in order to explore this subject deeper. Through dialogue, using facts, experiences and knowledge we wish to explore how and why young people think the way they do and to enable acceptance of different preferences.
Sex trafficking momentarily represents a problem in many South- Eastern European countries in transition. Due to a lack of interest from the official part as well the knowledge of what it represents, many young people mainly female are deprived of their basic human rights and are literary being treated as objects.
This project should use as a base from which further actions are to be made as an attempt to make South Eastern Europe more open for respect of human rights.
Aims
• Women rights, place in modern society, involvement in politics, emancipation
• Gender – the understanding of gender, gender stereotypes, gender conformity, gender roles, gender equality in South – Eastern Europe
• Sex trafficking as an important problem in South – Eastern Europe
• Sexual freedom and sexual differences
In South-Eastern Europe woman is traditionally placed in a narrow circle of her home and family enabling her to express herself only as a wife and a mother. Choosing to follow her aspirations, ambitions, and ideas is often considered with a negative connotation. Women in politics are judged on different standards than men…, and many other problems women have in SEE. By exchanging experiences from different societies we wish to find means for preventing these social problems to occur.
Second issue in focus is gender. There is also a large difference in views on these issues among different cultures. We would like to find main problems that occur due to gender stereotypes and a lack of gender equality, through discussions and debates and we would also like to find out how young people realize gender in different societies in South- Eastern Europe compared also with the view that Western Europe has on it. Through this seminar we would like to support and open space for gender equality.
The third aim of our project is the question of sexual differences and sexual freedom. In many societies especially in the South Eastern Europe sex is a taboo – it is not openly expressed. Usually it is shown as something shameful and disgraceful. There is also a large difference in views on these issues among different cultures. This is the issue that is not regarded with an open mind. We found that young people have very different and sometimes highly opposite views on the issue of sexual differences (many of them are directly affected by the lack of understanding). That is why we wish to open a discussion on it, using those different ideas in order to explore this subject deeper. Through dialogue, using facts, experiences and knowledge we wish to explore how and why young people think the way they do and to enable acceptance of different preferences.
Sex trafficking momentarily represents a problem in many South- Eastern European countries in transition. Due to a lack of interest from the official part as well the knowledge of what it represents, many young people mainly female are deprived of their basic human rights and are literary being treated as objects. The participants of this seminar will try to work on possible solutions for this problem by trying to raise public awareness and influence on authorities to take an action.
Objectives
The nature of this project is that by gathering young people from Europe, especially SEE, through sharing experiences and discussion work we learn more about problems that exist in our societies. We have realized that even though we are in the twenty first century many of our ideas and views of the world are based on conservative and in many cases biased and prejudicial principles.
Therefore prejudice and bigotry often deprive people of their basic human rights. Since young people live and work in these societies they are directly affected by these problems. This project wants to connect young people from SEE countries, to support sharing ideas and opinions on these socially very important and difficult issues, in order to gather information and give various possible solutions for them. Through our work we will also promote rising public awareness and education. By focusing our attention on the main causes of the problems of lack of gender equality, sexual freedom, emancipation, etc. we will further on deal with them through our network.
We want to promote: young people taking initiative in solving existing problems in their countries by means of intercultural dialogue, human rights education, fighting exclusion; more young women taking active role in politics and other spheres of social life, emancipation.
This project should use as a base from which further actions are to be made as an attempt to make South Eastern Europe more open for respect of human rights.
Description of the methodology and main programme elements
The seminar program will consist of workshops, educational games, discussion groups, role play, open space technology workshop and lectures. Through different methods of learning we want to experience how democracy works. Additionally working groups on specific issues will be formed to craft stand points of CDN and as well to start practical future project co-operation.
We plan to have a visit from local authorities, organizations, NGO’s and try to identify different aspects on these issues and find role for young people in dealing with these issues. Visit and discussion with local young people will add to better understanding of their view and problems and participants will learn from their experience and be able to share their own.
Photos, videos and texts will be created aiming to support future activities by participants and organisation to continue the work we have started.
Project facts sheet
• Type of activity: Study Session
• Dates: 04.-11. December 2005
• Venue: EYC, Budapest, Hungary
• Number of working days: 6
• Working languages: English
• Number of participants: 35
• Age avarage: 24
• Call for participants: Sent on 6. October 2005
• Preparatory meeting: 21-23 October 2005
• Evaluation meeting: January 2006
• Call for prep team: September 2005
• Project coordinator: Ivana Vujadinovic
• Contact: ivana@zeleni.org.yu
• Main funder: Council of Europe, European Youth Centre
• Type of fund: Study Session
• Approval status: Project submitted in October 2004 – Project approved in January 2005
Gender Evolution study session CALL FOR PREP TEAM!
CDN – Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe (www.cdnee.org) is announcing a call for prep team members of the study session “Gender Evolution” that will take place is EYC Budapest, Hungary from 4th to 10th of December 2005. This study session is a follow up of a very successful pilot project we have realised this summer (Sexual (r)evolution) and aims to further develop gender network initiative within CDN.
Please bellow explanation of general requirements and conditions together with project summary.CALL FOR PREP TEAM is open for all European countries (not just for Eastern European!!!).
We would kindly ask you to forward this call to other e lists that you are member of or some people that might be interested. Thank you!
For any queries that you might have please contact project coordinator Ivana Vujadinovic (ivana@zeleni.org.yu).
Gender Evolution study session CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
CDN – Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe (www.cdnee.org) is announcing a call for participants to the study session “Gender Evolution” that will take place is EYC Budapest, Hungary from 4th to 11th (original was with 10th – but this was not correct) of December 2005. This study session is a follow up of a very successful pilot project we have realised this summer (Sexual (R)evolution) and aims to further develop gender network initiative within CDN.
Please find bellow explanation of general requirements and conditions together with project summary. CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS is open for all European countries (not just for Eastern European!).
We would kindly ask you to forward this call to other e lists that you are member of or some people that might be interested. Thank you!
For any queries that you might have, please contact project coordinator, Ivana Vujadinovic. (ivana@zeleni.org.yu)
If you feel motivated please fill in the form attached and send it to: office@cdnee.orgBEFORE 20th of October 2005, 16.00 CET.
ONLY applications that have arrived to this e mail address and before the deadline set in this call will be considered.
Technical information:
• The activities of the EYC’s are designed for participants between the ages of 18 and 30.
• Organizations wishing to invite participants from countries, which are not members of the Council of Europe or of the Cultural Convention of the Council of Europe, are required to request permission from the Director of the DYS in advance to invite such participants. A letter justifying the added value of inviting and paying for the travel expenses of such participants should reach the Director of the DYS no later than 4 weeks in advance of the session. Should this procedure not be respected, the DYS retains the right to withhold monies equivalent to the cost of such participants travel from the financial contribution of the DYS.
• Visas for Hungary: It should be noted that participants coming from non-member countries of the Council of Europe and the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, and participants from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania having a non-national passport must be in possession of a visa to enter Hungary. Ukrainian nationals need to be in possession of an official invitation letter. It is the responsibility of the partners of the Directorate of Youth and Sport to inform participants of this situation and to suggest to them that they contact the Hungarian Consulate service in their country sufficiently in advance to allow the participant to secure his/her visa and, if necessary, to contact other consular departments for transit visas. The Directorate of Youth and Sport can offer visa support by providing written confirmation of the person’s expected participation in the activity if this is necessary to secure a visa.
• The maximum average travel and visa costs per participant (€ 350)
• Cost of full board for the duration of the session is borne by the EYC
• Participation fee is 45 €
News bar
25.10.2005 Selection of participants this time was one of the hardest tasks for the prep team. We have received 173 applications for 30 available places!!!! Amazing! This is actually the record in our organisation so far (number of applications/number of available places). Nevertheless, decision had to be made and today final selection results were reported to applicants. HERE you can find participants list as selected by the Prep Team.
24.10.2005 Prep team meeting took place in Budapest EYC from 20th to 23rd of October. Prep team members together with educational adviser had very good and productive work and by now have a clear overview of the preparation activities and program elements.
18.10.2005 The technical information on participation section has been added here, bellow. All information about traveling to Budapest can be found HERE
The Prep Team has been selected on 3rd of October and the final decision (approval of selection) will be done by EC by Friday, 7th of October.
The Prep team meeting is scheduled to take place from 20. – 23. October 2005 at EYC in Budapest.
We are finalising technical procedure of accepting to host the study session. The dates are now confirmed. Study Session will take place from 04.-10. December 2005 at EYC in Budapest. General information about the session is sent to green lists on 20. January 2005.
The project got approved for realisation in January 2005! We are now in process of accepting the decision and arranging technical issues in order to start preparations. In March we will get the exact date and from then on we can start with work.
Documents
APPLICATION FORM PREP TEAM
CALL FOR PREP TEAM
APPLICATION FORM PARTICIPANTS
CALL FOR THE PARTICIPANTS
READER – PUBLICATION – X raying sexual revolution