Description
Carioca Girls Rock Camp is a long-term education project which organises and promotes music camps for girls and seeks to transplant the Girls Rock Camp concept in Poland. In this project, we will organise three camps (first time in Poland). Participants will develop skills to play and compose music. The underlying goal is to strengthen the position of girls and women in society using music and equal opportunities education. Also, the project seeks to increase the awareness of sex discrimination, promote attitudes of tolerance, and foster a culture in which sex does not matter when it comes to being able to play rock. This project is designed for teenagers aged14-19 who demonstrate interest in playing instruments, singing and making music. The camps will have female tutors.
Summary of project results
"In the socialisation and education process, girls are often stereotypically assigned roles where there is no place for playing drums or electric guitar commonly believed to be male instruments. The discrimination against women takes place at many different levels of our reality and it affects behaviours and attitudes. A number of jobs are still considered to be predominantly male; this includes rock music. Music composed/played by women is still underestimated and marginalised by popular culture. The project aimed at social reintegration of girls threatened by social exclusion by inviting them to take part in performing arts projects with their peers. The project involved 12 girls from care centres, orphanages and community activity centres. They formed music bands, organised concerts and other performative events, which entailed working together for a common cause with their peers. Three rock camps were organised for girls aged 14-19 where they could learn to play instruments, take singing classes, attend lyrics writing workshops and anti-discrimination workshops; each camp ended with a final concert; 10 music workshops were delivered; two music bands were formed and they have continued rehearsing and playing concerts ever since. Project beneficiaries included girls aged 14-19 from all over Poland. 20 per cent came from socially vulnerable families. The project was implemented in partnership with Stelpur Rokka!, an organisation from Iceland; it was responsible for co-designing the Girls Rock Camp, delivering some of the activities to teenagers, leaders and volunteers of preparatory camps. The Foundation for Positive Change was the Polish project partner; it was responsible for co-designing and co-organising the Girls Rock Camp in Poland."
Summary of bilateral results
Mesure A The Association intended to be deal with strengthening girls and counteracting gender-based discrimination by organizing music educational camps for girls. Therefore it contacted the Icelandic organization Stelpur Rokka! which has been organizing similar camps for years. Representatives of the Association took part in a study visit to Iceland, where they took part in a workshop on RP-u, recruitment and programme development. They discussed the joint project proposal and the role of the partner. The partners received a grant for the joint project "Karioka Girls Rock Camp - Poland" in the second call for proposals. Mesure B A study visit to Iceland was organised to the purpose of expanding co-operation and furthering information exchange concerning preparation of empowering music camps for girls. Association representatives attended a girls' camp organised by the Partner, where they supported local volunteers, drafted a volunteer ethics code (in co-operation with the Partner), were trained in non-verbal communication, and - by co-coaching a group - learned new methods of working with young people in an informal education setting.