The World of Women, Women in the WorldSuch is the topic chosen by the representatives of six countries (France, Martinique, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Romania) because we believe that school is the best place to talk about this issue and try to eradicate the prejudice that unfortunately, still exists. In all the schools, we assume the project will concern 60 pupils and 120 teachers and indirectly 3622 pupils.Through our pupils, through their understanding of equality, the respect they show to their neighbours and even through the valuing of the different roles of women, we can reach their relatives and change mindsets.The question of women’s rights and their role in these various societies seemed important and topical to the organizers who have decided to make it the main theme of their exchange project.However, the situation of women in the different countries is not identical and their rights are not equally respected everywhere. The weight of traditions is not the same either according to the European participants in this project. Working on them, comparing them will enable the pupils but also the teachers to better understand the historical, ethnological and political mechanisms that led to such and such a situation in a given country.Therefore, the merging reflections on this theme between the various partners will be an asset for the project whose goal is to bring people together, educate our pupils and their communities and turn them into European citizens.We intend to work on the different roles of women over the centuries (women and politics ; professional training and the world of employment ; the role of secularity in the development of women’s rights ; successful women and housewives) step by step.This will enable the participants and the people around them to study that topic from several angles while showing the differences that exist among the European countries that take part in the project and even among other non-European countries. The contribution of all the participant countries will definitely enrich the project results. Thus each school will choose one or two classes as steering groups and five or six teachers who will be in charge of the project. The other classes and other teachers will obviously also get involved in the activites. Younger children will be able to participate too. For instance, Portuguese schools welcome children from the age of six years old. The aim is to have all the pupils from all the schools to work on the topic and reach a common goal.Once completed, the various research tasks will be shared by all the partners, published on their websites as well as on etwinning to spread the information as widely as possible.Whether it be a simple task, the conception of a women’s calendar, photo reports showing the members’ trips abroad or even the creation of a virtual review, document sharing and common work will strengthen the links between the European partners and make them develop other essential skills for their academic trajectories, their future and their role as European citizens.However, the reflection on the issue, on the role of women in the world and on the role that society gives them must go further.It seemed necessary to all the organizers and partners to finalize it with a plastic work of art made by all the pupils from the participant countries. Artwork conceived and produced during the exchange programs. Thus, all the participant schools will get a copy of the artwork which will be displayed and seen by any visitor at the school. It will therefore remain and live on long after the end of the project.The sum of all these actions will contribute to illustrate the project beyond mere reflection.In France, the involvement of an association specialized in song writing and recording will result in the writing and recording of the project anthem. Moreover, an assessment of the project will be made by all the teachers and the administration members involved, about the theme and the lessons learnt from the experience.Those lessons could lead to convergences or even initiatives that will be transmitted to relevant authorities at the end of the project. And again, all the projects – whatever they are – will be kept in every school library so as to be used as study documents in the following years in Civic and Social Education, History, Foreign Languages, Geography or Science lessons according to the various curriculums.