"<< Background >>The project aims to tackle the issue of street harassment (i.e. catcalling) and stereotypical gender norms & roles in Europe through the creation of a course for youngsters on the threshold of forming & fostering their gender identity. This education-based approach finds support in the policy recommendations of the International Women’s Initiative (2020), and innovatively implements the recommendations on preventing and combating sexism by the Council of Europe (2019) as well as the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 of the European Commission (2020) that includes the ending of gender-based violence and the challenging of gender stereotypes.<< Objectives >>The project will entail objectives on several levels: first to prevent male individuals from becoming perpetrators while transforming them into male allies and reducing toxic masculinity; and second to strengthen female individuals with regards to self- confidence and self-efficacy while encouraging them in finding ways to deal with and encounter street harassment (and sexual violence in general). At the same time, the project sets out to break gender roles, norms & stereotypes for men, women and all genders that usually fall out of the frame. Rethinking gender will have an impact on the awareness on and attitude towards sexual harassment, gender inequality and identity and will lead to higher self- efficacy, sensitivity and the intention not to display or accept violent, discriminatory or stereotypical behaviours. Simultaneously, the EquAlley will engage and promote the exchange among youngster, which has been identified as fruitful strategy to decrease stereotypes and discrimination. The project aims at qualifying educators for teaching about these topics through the preparation and creation of an inclusive, blended-learning course and its guide. Therefore, EquAlley sets out to decrease gender inequality and social injustice by re-thinking gender roles, stereotypes and discriminatory behaviours.<< Implementation >>The course will be based on a needs assessment and booklet on the topic, which will be mainly collected by focus group conduction with educators in all partner countries. This assessment will be followed by the creation of a blended-learning course for youngsters at an age from 12-16 where gender identity and norms begin to form and foster. There will be a course offered in a mixed-gendered setting to promote and ensure exchange among all youngsters in this topic, but also a gender-specific course for male and female groups respectively - non-binary/queer youngsters will be free to choose if and which of the gender-specific course to attend to - to create a safe and target-directed environment. To ensure a high quality, the course will be tested in a pilot action in all partner countries. To guarantee standards and guidelines for this pilot actioning as well as provide educators with the competencies and sensitivity to teach on these very important issues without perpetrating stereotypes or ""othering"" of non-binary individuals, a learning teaching and training activity with educators from each partner country will take place in Spain. The final guide will be presented within multiplier events in all partner countries, while transnational meetings throughout the project implementation will guarantee EquAlley to implement high quality products with a regional, national, european and international reach.<< Results >>EquAlley will have three main results: a booklet on the topics based on qualitative data collection in all partner countries; a course directed to youngsters at the age from 12-16 to teach on the topics, and a final guide (i.e. course manual) for educators about the course. All project results will be made available for free and in all partner countries languages (+English) on the EquAlley website as well as on social media channels. Through a broad and experience-based sharing, promotion and exploitation of the project results through the website, social media channels, newsletters & flyers, the focus groups, the pilot action implementation training and the pilot actions, as much as through the multiplier events EquAlley will be spread."

EquiTeens aims to tackle the challenges of preventing and eradicating gender-based violence against and among young teenagers by promoting gender equality and by challenging harmful gender stereotypes and norms. Through a joint strategy of partners in 4 countries (AT-BH-HR-NL), EquiTeens will target youth workers, peer educators, social workers, social educators and other professionals and volunteers who work directly with young teenagers aged 13 to 15 in youth work settings, either in youth organizations, clubs, centres or schools. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the eradication of violence against and among young people. More specifically, the project aims to: - create innovative youth work methodology and practices in the field of the prevention of gender-based violence;- build capacities of youth workers and professionals in related fields for direct work with young teenagers on the topic of the prevention of gender-based violence;- promote equitable, non-violent and non-toxic expressions of gender relations among young teenagers aged 13-15.These objectives will be met by:- developing a comprehensive toolbox for youth workers and other educators working with young teenagers on the topics connected to gender equality and the prevention of gender-based violence, - implementing 3 training events to build capacities of youth workers and professionals in related fields for direct work with young teenagers on the topic of the prevention of gender-based violence, - hosting 4 multiplying events targeting youth workers and professionals working in related fields for the dissemination of project results

European liberal democracy is at stake as the electoral success of extreme-right parties reveals how positions once seen as radical become mainstream. Extreme-right ideologies seek to overturn democratic values and practices surrounding minority rights, the separation of powers, and the rule of law; they reject equality, foster authoritarianism, and attack personal autonomy while legitimizing threats, harassment and violence. Associated with xenophobia, racism, antisemitism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia and intolerance towards out-groups more generally, extreme-right movements and parties tend to espouse ‘traditional’ gender roles while mobilizing hyper-masculine identities to celebrate gender inequality, trivialize authoritarianism, and justify anti-democratic behaviour. MEN4DEM will systematically advance our understanding of how masculinity is constructed and mobilized by the extreme right in Europe. Guided by our intersectional theoretical, methodological and normative framework and our mixed methods approach, the program will study how extremism is legitimized on online platforms and spills over into the political mainstream. This knowledge will inform evidence-based strategies to prevent and counter political masculinities that turn against the European Union’s fundamental principles. In co-creation with young men, our societal partners and a European network of gender justice organizations, we will develop interventions to promote models of democratic masculinity that can guide equitable political participation, representation and leadership in the European Union. Our interventions will include concrete tools for policy makers, practitioners, civil society groups and political parties to create a safer and more inclusive European political arena for all. The consortium brings together academic and civil society partners to work towards solutions in Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden, as well as in the EU as a whole.

BREAKING THE CYCLE - ENGAGING MEN AND BOYS FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY AND ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN has involved 7 organizations such as: Cerujovi (Spain), Emancipator (The Netherlands), Youth First (Madagascar), SGVS (Samoa), CHSJ (India), FISD (Sri Lanka) and Caceres Deputy (Spain). It´s been developed from 01/12/2018 to 31/01/2020, with the main aim to engage Young men for promoting gender equality and ending violence against women through advocacy.For this aim, the project has included sharing experiences across the countries involved in the project, thanks to the high experience of the partner organizations, conducted through a Seminar developed in India, the completion of a Research in the field of youth of engaging men in gender equality in a local area, where all the countries put in common their owns to understand methodologies in other contexts, resulting also a good practices guide published and disseminated. And there was also a Study visit developed in The Netherlands, with the opportunity of meeting other professionals working in multiple areas on the same field and deloping the bases of the adovacy toolkit.After that, the project focused on providing resources for advocacy and training n how to engage men and boys in gender equality, so the Advocacy Toolkit was created with innovative approaches to advocate in youth, offering easy steps and actions related to advocacy for them. Also, the Training was set in Sri Lanka, for youth and youth workers to introduce how they can implement the work of engaging men and boys on the issue of gender justice in their ongoing programmes, offering thecnical knowledge and practical skills for that. After the training, local workhops were run by the participants in their local communities as key to introduce this need in the locals, empowering them for that, and the Online course was implemented on how to engage men and boys in gender eqquality and ending violence against women, with the ooportunity to get a diploma proving the skills acquired.The third part of the project, was raising awareness with men and boys directly in the community, through an information and an awareness campaign carried out through the meetings with stakeholders to disseminate the Advocacy Toolkit; dissemination of a media campaign for youth created within the project; and an elaboration of a list of recommendations on how to involve men and boys in gender justice; and a production of a documentary video to share stories of Men Heroes in Gender Equality.As a part of increasing the impact of the Project, a Large Scale Youth Event for young people was set during 2 days, giving a space to share knowledge and ideas, but also to connect between peers and create a big network on working in this issue, enhances the power of advocacy and youth without barriers and in an intercultural context, and Press media conference on each country was developed to disseminate the products and outcomes of the project, spreading within stakeholders and institutions.Project have reached a total of 2220 direct beneficiaries, of which 1213 have been young people with fewer opportunities. Moreover, there have been around 2800 indirect beneficiaries, and on international level, approximately 1000 people have accessed web page and/or Advocacy Tool Kit and/or E-learning course.