TWOST is aimed at preventing gender based discrimination towards youth. The project addresses in particular a cross-sectorial cooperation, allowing for greater synergies across all fields of actions concerning young people, with a special focus on access to rights, autonomy, participation –including e-participation– and the active citizenship of young people, avoiding gender self-segregation phenomena and promoting common values of mutual respect between genders and without prejudice to their sexuality. Social inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities is the main connecting point of this project with the realities of young people with fewer opportunities around Europe. One of the main obstacles for social inclusion are stereotypes. In the field of academia, stereotyping is an important concept in contemporary sociology and social psychology. The target groups of this project are youth workers, young people victims of stereotypes based and gender-based violence, young people with fewer opportunities, young women, young people with a migrant background, asylum-seekers, refugees, LGBTIQ persons, ethnic minorities (including Roma people), women with disabilities, women living and/or working on the street. The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the prevention and support the fight against stereotypes and gender violence among young people in Europe through piloting of digital innovative resources and inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities. The specific objectives of the project are: 1• To promote Stereotypes and Gender Equality Awareness, and to reduce unconscious bias in particular through research on existing studies, tools and methods 2• To develop and disseminate non-formal education practical tools for youth workers in the field of identification and prevention of stereotypes and gender-based violence. 3• To strengthen the role of youth workers in the fight against stereotypes and gender discrimination 4• To promote social inclusion and active citizenship of the socially excluded young people on a European level The project will be based on a multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approach that will initiate cooperation and capacity building for youth organisation and youth workers that are working and are, in direct contact with these groups to ensure timely and effective protection and support.
The main objective of the project is the development of new innovative mechanism that combines and synchronizes the best existing tools and methods in a digital solution that provides support of youth workers in the identification and prevention of stereotypes and gender-based violence in their everyday work and contributes to the inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities in the European societies In particular project aim to promote Stereotypes and Gender Equality Awareness, that in particular through research on existing studies, tools and methods, and reduce unconscious bias to bring the following results Developed research on existing studies, tools and methods Promoted tools and methods to tackle stereotypes and promote gender equality in youth work Raised awareness about the unconscious bias in the topic in the field of youth work This main objective is covered by all the expected Intellectual Outputs: IO1 - Online evaluation tool IO2 - Database and Interactive Guidelines IO3 - Quality label and Open Resources The main aim for those IOs is to: - Support youth workers in their everyday work. - Reaching as much as possible youth organisations and youth workers around Europe.
Research and surveys clearly show that discrimination on various grounds is seen as more widespread than was the case in 2012 One in five respondents say they have felt discriminated against or harassed on one or more grounds in the previous 12 months –Around one in five respondents say that, in the 12 months preceding the survey, they personally felt discriminated against or harassed on the basis of one or more of the following grounds: their gender (4%), ethnic origin (3%), religion or beliefs (3%), disability (3%), sexual orientation (2%), gender identity (1%) Theese data clearly show, a need for a variable intervention. The overall goal of the project is to strengthen the prevention and support the fight against stereotypes and gender violence among Youth Workers in Europe through piloting of digital innovative resources and to: Promote Gender Equality Awareness, and reduce unconscious bias through research on existing studies, tools and methods Develop and disseminate practical tools for youth workers in the field of identification and prevention of stereotypes and gender-based violence. Strengthen the role of youth workers as promotors of gender equality