Identifying effective ways to prevent forms of gender-based violence (GBV) among adolescents and youths is vital to reduce rates of GBV

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Adolescents are uniquely impacted by GBV: their young age and inexperience with relationships can heighten their risk for physical and sexual intimate partner violence. Being a victim of GBV during adolescence can lead to long-lasting negative mental and physical health outcomes, and can set young women on a trajectory for subsequent abuse. Several research interventions…

Meet up a new news from Skillman.eu with a gender focus : GENDER EQUALITY IN SPORTS: GETTING CLOSER EVERY DAY

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Sports and gender equality are related in many ways. Sport is a social and cultural activity in which social constructions of masculinity and femininity play a key role. Traditionally, sports have always been dominated by men, both in terms of participation and governance. Women were excluded from the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens…

LET’S TALK ABOUT GENDER: EQUALITY AMONG YOUTH WORKERS AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS

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Youth initiatives can play an impressive role in responding to gender inequality and gender-based violence. With their work, they can influence societies at different levels from the empowerment and support for young people by the promotion and shearing of the correct information to promotion, supporting changes in law and state policies.However, youth organizations that promote…

GENDER EQUALITY AT WORK: EMPOWERMENT OF YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH THE EYE -ERASMUS FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM*

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LEARN MORE ON SKILLMAN.EU The EU Commission defines “Gender Equality” as promoting equal economic independence for women and men, closing the gender pay gap, advancing gender balance in decision making, ending gender-based violence and promoting gender equality beyond the EU. The topic is so crucial for the EU that a strategy (2020-2025)  to achieve a Union of Equality…

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ANNOUNCED AN ACTION PLAN 2020-2025 – TOWARDS A GENDER-EQUAL EUROPE*

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SKILLMAN NEWSLETTER WITH GENDER FOCUS The European Union is a global leader in gender equality: 14 of the top 20 countries worldwide on gender equality are the EU Member States. Thanks to robust equal treatment legislation and jurisprudence, efforts to mainstream the gender perspectives into different policy areas, and laws to address particular inequalities, the…