On June 25th 2021, the second Round Table of EDURIGHTS4GIRLS - Equal access to education project was held in Suceava, a project implemented through Active Citizens Fund Romania programme, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through EEA Grants 2014-2021.
The meeting was attended by the project team of GO-AHEAD Association, Suceava School Association for Education and Development and Neamț County School Inspectorate. We were joined by representatives of the educational establishments associated with the project from Suceava and Neamț counties, public administration and local NGOs from Suceava county in the field of human rights, as well as representatives from the project funder.
Following the discussion, the participants pointed out that there is a need to improve the level of information among teachers on how problematic situations related to gender discrimination and stereotyping in the school environment could be recognised by teachers - regardless of their field of pedagogical training. In this regard, the following directions of action were proposed for teachers:
- Initiating personal development activities;
- Involvement in gender-specific continuing professional development programmes;
- Engaging in activities to popularise the prevention of discrimination and gender stereotypes in education.
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The round table was moderated by Apostol Alexandru Cosmin, sociologist of GO-AHEAD Association and Alina Hurubean, research assistant of ASSED Association.
The meeting took place both physically in the conference room of the Technical College Pentru Mușat in Suceava and on the ZOOM platform.
Edurights4girls - Equal access to education project is implemented by the GO-AHEAD Association in partnership with the Neamț County School Inspectorate and ASSED - Suceava School Association for Education and Development with the financial support of Active Citizens Fund - Romania, a programme funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through EEA Grants 2014-2021.
The total value of the project is 248.853,72 Euro, and the overall objective of the project aims to increase the capacity on the level of awareness and application of human rights, especially those related to gender issues and access / right to education through specific measures of personal development, counselling, therapy that benefit at least 480 female students and 210 staff teachers, as well as extensive awareness, monitoring, advocacy actions that benefit over 2000 people - students, parents, teachers, actors from the communities concerned.