Our objectives

 To increase awareness on the current status of gender equality in the own environment and in the participating countries

To broaden the view on and better understand the current status of gender equality based upon studying the situation over time and across borders

To detect and avoid gender-based stereotypes & prejudices and tackle discrimination

To promote the idea of gender equality and its importance

To increase the awareness on the fact that both verbal & non-verbal aggression & violence is unacceptable, both in general & more specifically gender based

To develop important attitudes such as empathy, self-confidence & decrease problems such as performance anxiety, for all students & esp. for girls.

To promote engagement in school life & motivation to study as a stepping stone to active citizenship & increased opportunities on the job market &to prevent early school drop-out.

To improve important competences for lifelong learning&increased job opportunities: language, IT-skills and to raise the awareness on the importance of these skills, esp. for girls

To promote interest in other cultures, their background, history & cultural heritage, in general & specifically for students with a deprivileged background, thus promoting equal opportunities

To enrich the scope of pedagogical/didactical methods to work on the topics mentioned, in general & in addition specifically towards students with a migrant background

To promote & improve the use of IT in the classroom

To offer equal learning opportunities in a realistic context & motivating environment

To promote the sensible and responsible use of social media, tackling bullying by these social media &discriminating language use, in general & esp. towards girls

To raise awareness on how girls’ & boys’ behavior is understood & interpreted by youngsters in terms of ethics, esp. related to sexual behavior