THE GENDER TALK
Educating on gender equality, psychological wellbeing, sexuality and affectivity from an early age.
We firmly believe that education for gender equality, understood as the condition in which all people receive equal treatment and equal access to resources and opportunities regardless of their gender, must start at a young age and never stop. Stereotyped norms and behaviours that are the cause of any kind of gender-based violence are influenced by rigid social structures imposed by society and determine the emotional and sexual sphere, both in young and adult people.
Why gender-based violence?
Gender-based violence is a violation of human rights that has severe consequences on the development of persons, families, and society as a whole. Gender-based violence prevention should start from the adolescent age by educating and raising awareness of teenagers on gender-related matters and building healthy relationships.
Therefore, more spaces for Comprehensive Sex Education & young people’s psychological well-being should be created, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately hit them after disruptions in schooling.
Glossary of terms
Emotional well-being:
The ability to produce positive emotions, moods, thoughts, and feelings, and adapt to stressful situations.
Psychological resilience
The process and outcome of successfully adapting to challenging life experiences through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility.
Emotional abuse:
Belittling, humiliating or undermining a person’s sense of self-worth/self-esteem (e.g. constant criticism, verbal insults, name-calling, etc.).
Gender equality:
The concept that women and men, girls and boys have equal rights, conditions, treatment and opportunities for realizing their dreams and achievements at full potential.
Gender identity:
Each person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond to the sex assigned at birth (male or female).
Gender-based violence (GBV):
Violence directed against a person because of that person’s gender (being a boy or a girl for instance), because of this person gender identity or because of the appearance, expression, hairstyle, behaviour or clothing for instance. In gender-based violence are rooted many other problems in the adult years, like domestic violence for example: GBV has different forms, in different ages.
Gender stereotypes:
Gender stereotypes are preconceived ideas whereby males and females are arbitrarily assigned characteristics and roles determined and limited by their sex.” We understand gender as being non-binary, therefore gender stereotypes are being referred to all genders.
Non-binary:
a term that describes someone who does not identify exclusively as a man or a woman. Instead, a nonbinary person may define their gender identity and experience outside of these binary terms.
Teen-dating violence:
The type of gender-based violence that occurs between young people who are, or who were once in, an intimate relationship.
Bullying:
A form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort.
Cyber bullying:
Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets.
Cyber harassment:
Harassment by means of email, text (or online) messages or the internet.
(Sources: EIGE, APA, youth.gov)
What we offer
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Free educational resources & Digital Guides
for young people, teachers and school staff, professionals, families and caregivers, to improve their knowledge on Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE) and their understanding of different types of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) and teen dating violence; and to improve their capacity to provide gender-specific appropriate support in case of incidents of GBV.
Network opportunities
for professionals, experts, activists willing to cooperate, at local and European level, for young people wellbeing;
Awareness campaigns
for raising our voices for creating real changes in out territories and combating inequalities and discrimination.
School counselling
for strengthening existing psychological support mechanisms at school and offer children a safe space where they can share their problems and worries with trained professionals (psychologists, social workers, pedagogists etc).
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Young People
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(Support service professionals, psychologists, social workers, NGOs etc.)
Families & Caregivers
Policy Makers
We all think and feel things that sometimes we cannot express. Here you can find material about topics that concern you about your identity, relationships, emotions, or if you are concerned about issues related to bullying or violence. Have a look!
Let’s start talking in schools and youth communities about Comprehensive Sex Education, mental health and gender-based violence prevention! Find on our library and digital guides, useful to you in your interaction with children and young people, but also your education about these issues.
Issues related to gender, sexuality, violence and mental health concern us all and especially children in adolescence. If you are a parent/caregiver/guardian, find useful material on our website and become an ally of your children!
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