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Educational institutions do not implement continuous and effective prevention of gender-based violence for children and young people as they lack knowledge and practical educational tools in this field. The increasing availability of the internet and the rapid development of information in social networks have contributed to gender-based cyber-violence. Children and young people exploit cyberbullying for the purpose of spreading gender-based violence, bullying, hate speech and gender discrimination.
The project will contribute to the following objectives and impact areas of the APF Program: combating hate speech, especially in social networks, as for the young people social networks are the main communication space; tackling gender equality among young people; combating gender-based discrimination and violence.
The project aim is to reduce gender hate speech among young people, combat gender stereotypes, gender discrimination and gender-based violence by promoting their critical thinking and active engagement in problem solving.
The main target group: young people, pupils from 10-12 grades from secondary schools (16-19 years old). It is planned that 75 youth representatives will participate in the project. Other target groups: school communities; teachers and youth workers and the general public.
Using of developed game Strategic Reactions is an effective tool for educating and engaging young people in addressing the issues of gender-based discrimination and violence. It is an innovative tool to help young people, teachers and youth workers break traditional and stereotypical approaches to gender; to recognize domestic and gender-based violence; to increase respect for human rights.
This tool will be tested by young people during the trainings organized and it will be distributed to other schools to be used.