In Her Shoes: Empowering Women through Game-based Innovation

Our goal was to transform entrepreneurship education by integrating gender sensitivity, innovation, and social responsibility into vocational training. We aimed to: 1. Raise awareness of gender-sp...

Our goal was to transform entrepreneurship education by integrating gender sensitivity, innovation, and social responsibility into vocational training. We aimed to: 1. Raise awareness of gender-specific challenges, equipping 55,000 students and 120 teachers with the skills and tools to address these issues. 2. Introduce innovative, gamified learning methods, such as a board game and gender-sensitive toolkits, to foster critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration. 3. Empower future entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to design businesses that tackle gender-related issues, prioritizing inclusion and equity over profit. 4. Enhance the teaching capacities of educators, ensuring they can create inclusive and dynamic learning environments. By achieving these objectives, the project aimed to inspire a new generation of socially responsible leaders capable of driving positive societal change and ensuring education actively contributes to a fairer and more inclusive world. Read more about the project here: https://www.hekima.sk/podnikanim-k-rovnosti

We implemented a series of innovative activities designed to maximize the project´s impact on education. These activities collectively enhanced entrepreneurship education by promoting gender equality, inclusion and critical thinking. Study visit to Spain: facilitated mutual learning, enabling partners to share expertise and adapt best practices in gender-sensitive entrepreneurship education. Board game creation: developed an engaging gamified tool to help students identify and address gender-specific challenges while fostering entrepreneurial skills. Knowledge and skills toolkit: designed gender-sensitive resources to equip students with mindset necessary for tackling societal issues. Teacher trainings: conducted interactive sessions in Slovakia and Spain to empower teachers with innovative teaching methodologies and gender sensitivity. Model classes: delivered pilot lessons in Slovakia and Spain, demonstrating the effectiveness of the tools and gathering feedback for refinement. Impact and dissemination: organized media events and created PR materials to share project outputs with schools, educators, and policymakers. Project management meetings: ensured smooth coordination among partners and maintained high-quality deliverables.

Our project produced impactful outputs and results that significantly advanced entrepreneurship education and promoted gender equality in 180 schools in Slovakia, 350 schools in Spain and 17 autonomous European networks of practice enterprise with 4000 classrooms across Europe: Educational board game: a unique, gamified tool engaging students in addressing gender-specific issues through innovative business ideas, translated into four languages. Knowledge and skills toolkit: a comprehensive, gender-sensitive toolkit focused on fostering entrepreneurial mindset and practical skills in implementing inclusive strategies in business. Teacher trainings: 134 educators trained in Slovakia and Spain, equipping them with innovative methodologies and tools to create an engaging learning environment focused on an inclusive entrepreneurial mindset. Model classes: 20 pilot lessons conducted, directly reaching 353 students and 60 teachers in Slovakia and Spain, demonstrating the effectiveness of the new methodology. PR outputs: and articles in media disseminated project outputs, reaching 446.232 views and inspiring adoption. Educational board game and toolkit were moreover offered to members of 40 member countries of PEN Worldwide.