(Support and Help for Oppressed Women) S.H.O.W. Respect!

Aims & objectives

The objectives of the project were:
- Raise awareness of the various forms of oppression and discrimination against women and reflect on their direct and indirect causes and effects.
- Provide valid models of gender equality by creating safe spaces where participants from different backgrounds can share good practices and tools.
- Equip participants with skills in video production or performance activities related to their professional profiles, in order to increase the spread of awareness activities on the topics of the training in their local communities.
- Develop participants' skills through non-formal methods to address injustices and encourage solidarity in terms of gender discrimination and violence.
- Lay the foundation for an international network of organizations aimed at collaborating and generating new initiatives on the topic. The objectives were linked to the Erasmus+ Youth sector and KA1 Learning Mobility through key points such as non-formal education, international cooperation, social inclusion, and active participation.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

30 youth workers took part at the training course, representing organizations from:
- Italy
- Romania
- Spain
- Greece
- Portugal
- Georgia
- Jordan
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Tunisia

Training methods used & main activities

The non-formal methodology included:
- ice-breakers and team-building
- open discussions and debates in plenary and small groups
- creation of collage, painting stories, photo stories
- theatrical exercises and role games
- mind map
- open dialogue with stakeholders in the field of violence against women (including national organizations, police, psychologists, journalists)
- attendance at Malanova and the Municipal Theatre of Fiorenzuola, theatre play delivered by Sciara Progetti about violence against women
- video making workshop
- theater methods workshop
- theater of the oppressed workshop
- the results of the 3 workshops presented to the local community of Fiorenzuola at ex-Macello Pubblico, with coordinated and informal discussions

Outcomes of the activity

Besides the concretization of the working groups sharing in photography, paintings, art installations, posters, the 3 main results were presented to the local community:
- a theater play delivered by Sciara Progetti
- a theater play created by part of the group on gender matters
- a short documentary
- a forum theater play

The training was the base and the inspiration for "Gender Matters", a 4 years itinerant Creative Europe project.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

- project designer
- selection and communication with the partners
- creation of promotional materials
- facilitator of the non-formal methods and the 2 days theater for the oppressed session with 10 of the participants
- evaluation and report

I worked on this training for 8 days as a full time trainer.