IgualPro - Professions have no gender

Project facts

Project promoter:
Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment(PT)
Project Number:
PT-WORKLIFE-0017
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€240,100
Donor Project Partners:
Odal Naeringshage Utvikking
AS.(NO)

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Description

The IgualPro - Professions have no gender is an action-research project with the main objective of combating sexual segregation in the educational and vocational choices of girls and boys and the consequent segregation of professional choices, by deconstructing the stereotypes of associated with the different areas of study and their professions, with special focus on areas where there is effective segregation between girls and boys and the deconstruction of gender stereotypes that are associated with the different areas of study and their professions. 

In order to garante the conditions for a full and equal participation of women and men in the labour market and in professional activity, this project aims to carry out a scientific study on the stereotypes associated with professional choices among young people; the publication of the study and policy brief, with the dissemination of objective and up-to-date information on the presence of gender stereotypes in the choice of professions; the creation and dissemination of training Toolkits based on the methodology developed within the scope of the project and the realization of a national awareness campaign aimed at young people to combat gender stereotypes in the choice of professions and the public in general. 

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