FemQueer - Common strategies for Gender Equality

In their daily work, trainers and employeed in AE are confronted with the diversity of different people and are expected to create opportunities for everyone to participate. This can be very chall...

In their daily work, trainers and employeed in AE are confronted with the diversity of different people and are expected to create opportunities for everyone to participate. This can be very challenging in their daily work. Resources are scarce, so theoretical discussions are often difficult. There is a need for short, concise and comprehensible input, especially in the context of gender diversity and queer/feminist approaches. With this in mind, we set and achieved our goals in FemQueer: first, we collected various approaches, theories and good practices on feminist and queer theories. Then, we prepared them for workshops and disseminated our expertise in the strategy paper. We have created space in our partner organisations to deal intensively with the topic area and gained more clarity and certainty about how we can contribute to equality and participation opportunities for all genders. We have also encouraged other AE stakeholders to think and reflect on their daily work in various project activities, networked with different organisations and shared our results and findings from the project in workshops, exchange and networking meetings and recorded and disseminated them in the strategy paper for sustainable use.

In Act. 1, project progress was monitored, results/activities documented, the progress report submitted and finances managed. Partner meetings were organised, workshops prepared and external speakers engaged. The project results were made available for sustainable transnational utilisation. In Act. 2, theories and experiences were exchanged. A summary of the ‘Exchange of theoretical and pass on knowledge’ is available as well as the rodamap for implementing the workshops . exc. Partner meetings took place in Graz (nowa)& 3 Online. In Act. 3, theories and highlights were collected and discussed. These were passed on to EB staff from other organisations in the form of workshops and exchange meetings at national and transnational level. Partner meetings took place at VMG in Graz & 4 Online. In Act. 4, all project results were disseminated in a strategy paper for broad use beyond the duration of the project. In addition to the English versions indicated in the AF, German and Slovenian were also produced. The strategy

Act 1: A progress report was submitted. Act.2:, Topic related discussions and the exchange of experiences between the project staff and partner organisations were held. Internal workshops about content research and knowledge exchange in the partner organisations took place, a summary of the ‘Exchange of theoretical and pass on knowledge’ contents the results of research and knowledge exchange ist available. A roadmap for implementation of workshops and Exchange Meetings as well. Act.3: Development and implementation of workshops and exchange meetings took place. A detailed concept for workshops and exchange meetings with schedules/designs, methods and materials is available. 2 face-to-face workshops, 1 online workshop and 8 exchange meetings took place. Keynotes from the transnational online workshop can be listened to on the nowa website. An Evaluation of the online workshop and collection of lessons learnt is available. Act.4: Development, finalisation and dissemination of the strategy paper in English, Germadesigns, methods and materials is availableThe en and Slovenian and 2 online networking meetings took place. The strategy paper was disseminated by all partners via different channels and presented in an EPALE blog post.