The EU project G.EDU - Gender Education of Teenage Boys: Developing a Digital ToolKit was
created through the shared concerns of four organizations, which recognize firstly, the need to
establish a gender-sensitive and reflective education for all, and secondly, the social importance of
transformative educational interventions in the early lives of individuals. At the same time, the four
organizations highlight the need to engage boys and young men more actively into the conversation
for gender equality. For these reasons, this project aims at providing educators/facilitators (e.g.,
trainers, teachers, youth and NGO workers, gender experts, gender and LGBTIQ+ activists, policy
makers and other stakeholders) with a coherent, open, online educational toolkit that includes a
complete course on gender/gender-sensitive education, targeting the audience of teenage boys,
between 15 and 17 years old. However, the complete course can be applied and be beneficial to any
mixed-gender audience.
The Toolkit is composed of four modules:
What’s Gender? introduces basic terms and concepts on gender, and the mechanisms of
categorization and discrimination. It explains terms like sex, gender, gender expression, sexual
orientation, LGBTI, stereotypes, and bias, and it offers activities to play around with these words and
concepts, which allows us to explore them in relation to our own identities.
Healthy Relationships delves into the vital topic of how we build and maintain healthy relationships.
It addresses themes such as dating, intimacy, the male and female bodies, safe relationships and
safe sexual behaviors. Great attention is paid to dating violence as well as consent. The idea of the
family unit is also discussed from a number of different approaches.
Combating Gender-Based Violence reflects on how traditional masculinity is related to violence. It
delves into gender-based violence, and emphasizes psychological and sexual violence: what they are,
their types and consequences. It offers an online educational experience with activities and
questions for reflection that are particularly appropriate for questioning ideas and prejudice, which
teenage boys usually have on these matters.
Be the Change is based on experiential and interactive activities designed for online education,
exploring diversity, identity, equality, and change. It is particularly appropriate for confronting
stereotypes, prejudice, and all forms of discrimination with emphasis on gender.