The expected results of the activity that we aimed were as follows: - to foster the mentality of gender equality at the level of both male and female students by at least 70%, - to foster civic engagement of students and have at least 40% of participants actively involved in social campaigns, - to encourage intercultural learning and awareness, - to increase social inclusion and equal opportunities in education, - to increase awareness and openness to social diversity, - to increase inclusiveness and accessibility of education systems and possibilities, - to give priority to the social and educational value of European cultural heritage, which was mirrored in the fact that our partnership involved the dialogue between different cultures whose contribution to the project gave us a better insight into the shared European heritage.
We applied for this project as, despite efforts at the European level, gender inequality still remained a big problem in the European Union. Although the situation seemed to have improved in recent years, at least on a surface level, we still witnessed a wide variety of forms of discrimination and abuse against women. The number of acts of domestic violence may have decreased, but emotional abuse was still at its peak. We intended to cast light on these realities and make students more aware of them. Having known that knowledge and awareness beat stupidity, we wanted to promote the image of women as powerful, independent and reliable human beings. We believed that the variety of cultures in this partnership would provide an immense added value to the project, as we would not be looking into the mentalities of three nationalities, but into all the nationalities and mindsets that were available in the partner schools. Throughout the project activities, we addressed the following needs: we tried to foster the civic engagement of students, making them aware of their power to voice their concerns and to initiate awareness-raising campaigns.