Events
1. GEM Consortium Kick-off Meeting
2. Paper Presentation at the SPHE Network Conference
Dr. Seline Keating delivered a paper presentation at the SPHE Network Conference on the 10th of November 2018. It took place in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland. The conference theme was Diversities: Interpretations in the Context of SPHE. The keynote speakers were Professor Kathleen Lynch and activist Ms. Sinéad Burke. Seline’s presentation was titled “Celebrating Diversities: A European Project to Tackle Gender-based Violence in the Context of SPHE.”
3. First Consortium Meeting at the University of Murcia on 21st and 22nd March 2019.
4. Paper Presentation at the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Conference 2019.
Dr. Seline Keating delivered a paper presentation at the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) conference on the 11th of April 2019. It took place in St. Angela’s College and the Radisson Blu Hotel in Sligo, Ireland. The conference theme was Education in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge. The keynote address was delivered by Professor Kathy Hall from University College Cork (UCC). Seline’s presentation was titled “Gender Equality Matters (GEM): Tackling Gender-stereotyping, Gender-based bullying and Gender-based Violence in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge.”
5. Poster Presentation at the World Anti-Bullying Forum (WABF)
Dr. Seline Keating delivered a poster presentation at the World Anti-Bullying Forum (WABF) on the 5th of June 2019. It took place in The Helix, DCU. The aim of this international and multidisciplinary forum was to broaden society’s understanding of bullying, harassment, discrimination, ostracism and other of forms of degrading treatment and violence among children and youth. The forum encouraged this by sharing knowledge and exploring new perspectives and acknowledging that bullying and other forms of inhumane or degrading treatment have to be understood as a complex interplay between individual, interpersonal and contextual factors. Seline’s poster presentation at the WABF was titled Gender Equality Matters: Tackling Gender-stereotyping, Gender-based Bullying and Gender-based Violence in Schools
6. WeZum Online Conference Against Bullying and Cyberbullying. June 21st 2019
https://www.scholasoccurrentes.org/wezum/stopcyberbullyingday/
#WEZUMSTOPBULLYING
WeZum, the international youth observatory of the pontifical Scholas Occurrentes foundation, in collaboration with Time4Child, organised the first online conference against bullying and cyberbullying. It is titled #StopCyberbullyingDay – 24h Scholas Talks. The FMD was a partner in the event and presented the GEM project. Key actors in this 24 hours virtual online conference were Microsoft, Google, IBM, The Cybersmile Foundation, No Bully, Think Equal, Safer Internet Day and many more…
7. Second Consortium meeting at KMOP in Athens September 5-6, 2019.
8. LifeLong Learning Week in Brussels from December 2nd – 6th
The Lifelong Learning Platform is an umbrella that gathers 42 European organisations active in the field of education, training and youth. Currently these networks represent more than 50 000 educational institutions and associations covering all sectors of formal, non-formal and informal learning. Their members reach out to several millions of beneficiaries.
ESHA will participate in the LifeLong Learning Week that is held in Brussels from December 2nd – 6th. Please find the program for the entire event here: https://lllplatform.eu/events/lll-week/. We are particularly content that as a partner in LLL we have been given the opportunity to highlight the GEM programme on the LLL Platform on December 6th: Inclusion in Schools: from policy to practice
9. Teachers training in Rome, Italy
December 7th Fondazione Mondo Digitale organised the first GEM teachers training involving secondary school teachers and educators. 8 hours of intense work with schools selected across Italy willing to counter gender stereotypes and gender based bullying starting from the school context.
10. School Heads Training in Lisbon, Portugal
On February 15th 2020 ESHA organised an all-day event during which heads of ESHA member organisations were presented the GEM project in detail. The event also included a workshop about the lesson materials in particular.
11. Third Consortium meeting at FMD in Rome, 20th and 21st of February 2020
12. Online Open Event by Fondazione Mondo Digitale, April 29th – May 21st 2020
13. #STEMintheCity
From June 21st 2020 FMD is once again participating in #STEMintheCity, the initiative promoted by the Milan Council in collaboration with important public and private organisations and the support of the United Nations, to promote STEM subjects and overcome cultural stereotypes keeping young women out of scientific and technological fields.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, STEMintheCity has been transformed into a completely digital, open and inclusive, project that will accompany us to the 2021 edition.
A rich platform of events, educational webinars, news, testimonials and articles will stimulate young men and women to improve their digital skills and undertake STEM studies and careers, overcoming gender stereotypes. Among them, the training path related to discrimination, bullying and gender bsed violence. 11 video lessons developed by experts for Project GEM – Gender Equality Matters, funded by the EU REC Programme.
14. Paper Presentation at ECER
The GEM team from DCU and UM collaborated to present a paper at the European Educational Research Association (EERA) in Glasgow, Scotland August 2020. The conference theme was Educational Research (Re) Connecting Communities. Unfortunately, due to Covid-19 this conference was cancelled for 2020.
15. Paper Presentation at Educational Studies Association Ireland (ESAI) 2020
Dr. Seline Keating delivered a paper presentation at the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) conference on the 4th of September 2020. It took place through the online platform of Zoom. The conference theme was Opening Education: Options, Obstacles and Opportunities. The keynote address was delivered by Professor Anne Looney from DCU Institute of Education. Seline’s presentation was titled “Gender Equality Matters (GEM): The Opportunities, Obstacles and Challenges of Tackling Gender Stereotyping, Gender-based Bullying and Gender-based Violence in Irish Primary Schools.”
16. ESHA Training in Gender Equality Matters
ESHA organised a training for teachers and school leaders from the Netherlands and Hungary in Utrecht on 27-29 August 2020. The topic was Training in Gender Equality Lesson Materials. We focused on inclusion of GEM materials in general as well as specific aspects of child participation and parental engagement in gender equality and most importantly the inner journey of teachers and school leaders representing close to 100 schools with well over half a million pupils, that influence their inclusion practices and attitudes in terms of gender quality.
The training was based on an experimental learning methodology. We tackled various elements from the inner diversity of teachers to legislative frameworks for schools with a special focus on the meaningful participation of children regardless of their age and background as well as the engagement of parents in matters of gender equality. The event was interspersed with an interesting series of activities and workshops on gender equality focusing. Participants of the training pledged to improve the inclusiveness of their schools after the training ended. Based on participant feedback it was very well received.
17. Launch of the GEM Classroom Materials
The Gender Equality Matters Classroom Materials were launched by Dr Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland, and Dr Martin McAleese, Chancellor, Dublin City University on Monday November 30th at 4 PM Irish time. During the session, the need for Gender Equality Matters was highlighted during a fireside, moderated by Maureen King.
The video-clip of the GEM classroom materials is available here.
18. ESHA Leadership Webinar (29.01.2021 @ 2PM – 2.30 PM CET)
This webinar will highlight the project outcomes of Gender Equality Matters with particular focus on the multimedia resources that have been collected, classroom materials for primary and secondary education and training manuals for teachers, parents and train the trainers which have been piloted in various schools all over Europe and the final conference which will be held in Dublin on February 11th and 12th 2021.
We wish to invite school leaders, teachers, parents and associate members who wish to broaden their views in terms of gender equality and to actively participate in this 5th ESHA Leadership Series Seminar.
Please register by filling out the registration form: https://forms.gle/quo6kpoi2rB5VdnD8
The ESHA office will personally send you all details for the webinar (login procedure, program and speakers) one week before the seminar.