Marseille 2016 - 1st Inter-Regional Session of EYP South-East
EDITORIAL Chères lectrices et chers lecteurs ! What a strange weekend we are having together, playing games and discussing issues of gender equality with people who only yesterday morning were total strangers! I hope you have been having a good time and benefitting from this experience. And I hope the activities and photos from our Media Team have been enjoyable for you.
CONTENTS A Timeline of Women's Rights
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Meet the Officials
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In the News
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Discussing Women's Rights in the USA
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La discrimination positive : la nouvelle "promotion canapée" ?
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Revealing Marseille
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Crossword Puzzle
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Turning Gender Equaity into a Worldwide Priority
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Of Symbols and Stereotypes
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Nous avons choisi de vous présenter ce magazine sous le nom de “La Bonne Mère de Marseille”, bien entendu en référence au monument dans l’ombre duquel se déroule notre session. Notre Bonne Mère est pourtant un peu différente de celle perchée sur la colline de la Garde, un peu plus moderne. En effet, notre Bonne Mère est celle représentée par l’image de notre présidente Marilou sur la couverture de ce magazine ( Oui, c’est elle sous le masque de licorne ! ) : une femme qui est à la fois comme une petite maman et un leader déterminé et charismatique pour tous les officiels de cette session, une femme qui n’a pas peur d’être elle-même. And in these pages the Team has prepared some pieces for you to engage with, to reflect on, and to respond to, many dealing directly with the theme of gender equality. We hope the bits you find here will help enhance the already very interesting experience you are having here. And most of all, we want to hear what you think about the topics dealt with here, or other topics related to gender equality. So please read on, enjoy and share what you think about all this with your Journo! Lots of love, Eoin
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A TIMELINE OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS By Pauline Keane
Although many older cultures around the world held what would be seen now as very progressive ideas of gender equality, a lot of this was lost when European ideas of the inequality of the genders were propagated in the age of European colonisation. The modern movement to deconstruct these inequalities would begin in Europe too, in the 18th century. With (as in most things), the northern European countries leading the charge. It’s always important to look back to see how far we’ve come. It makes the journey ahead seem a little less intimidating!
MEET THE OFFICIALS With so many people running around, it can all be a bit overwhelming keeping track of the various Officials (Journos, Chairs, Orgas...). Matthias Masini has gathered the basic info on all the members of the Officials' Team to help you out, including an interesting fact about each one!
Eoin O'Leary (IE) Editor
On Facebook, his name is "Sparkles" because a stranger said the name suited him.
Pauline Keane (IE) Journalist CULT
Emely Sabet (IT) Journalist LIBE III
Mara Rațiu (RO) Journalist FEMM I
Matthias (CH) Journalist FEMM III
Almost mutilated someone
to go to a pub crawl.
Can't drive without loud oriental music playing in her car.
while playing rugby.
Had to go to the Greek immigration office during his holiday because he forgot his ID in the plane.
Sophie Reiß (DE) Journalist LIBE II
Maële Euzen (FR) Journalist LIBE I
Marie Frostin (FR) Journalist FEMM II
Martha Kallenou (CY) Journalist FEMM IV
Likes noodle soup for
She loves playing 2048 in the
She doesn’t like chocolate at
She has the ability to never
breakfast.
toilets.
all.
stop eating sweets.
Spent three hours in a bus just
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MEDIA TEAM
ORGA TEAM
Rachel Malergue (FR) Head-Orga Is a national referee of Badminton.
Alexandra Rosu (FR) Organiser
Candice Telouk (FR) Head-Orga
Was a potato in another life and can't stop making weird sounds.
Nina Moreau (FR) Organiser Rain makes her more than angry.
Loup Hasbroucp (FR) Organiser
Anziza Akdounahamane (FR)
Has to have an advent
Always kayaks at 6am and at
Likes dancing while eating
calendar every year.
midday.
pizza.
Lydia Acherar (FR) Organiser
Betty Hamelin (FR) Organiser
Lucas Pagès (FR) Organiser
Likes dancing the jellyfish.
Can move her nose like "Ma sorcière bien aimée".
Organiser
Spends more time socializing virtually with gamers than with real people.
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CHAIRS TEAM
Lewin Schmitt (DE) Vice-President
Marilou Pelmont (FR) President
Łukasz Napiórkowski (PL)
Wore lipstick on the first day
Had a midnight bath 300m
His EYP name is "Wookie". Is
of the session.
from the Russian border.
it because of the hair? ;-)
Răzvan Lăcătușu (RO)
Maxime Magny (FR)
Chair FEMM I
Chair FEMM II
Lost a backpack with his
Still often watches Winnie the
laptop 5 times in 5 countries.
Pooh.
Johanna Davidson (SE)
Ines Bedouba (FR)
Chair LIBE I
Chair LIBE II
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Can make a very realistic
Adopted a zero-waste lifestyle
sheep sound.
since last week.
Vice-President
Ann Katrin Blachnik (DE) Chair FEMM III Crazy about avocado, guacamole and everything that has to do with it.
Noah Braden (FR-DE) Chair LIBE III Spent more time playing football than studying, yet remains an awful player.
Bérangère Subtil (FR) Chair FEMM IV Is able the make the face of BN cookies.
Alice Munnelly (IE) Chair CULT Went to High School in Costa Rica.
IN THE NEWS By Sophie ReiĂ&#x;
The last century has been a progressive one for gender equality, the situation of women in many areas has finally improved. However, much is left undone. Newspaper articles and other media regularly present the topic. Specific cases of genderbased discrimination as well as the general situation are being shown. Here are just some headlines from Englishand French-language newspapers from the last months.
("TD" = Member of Parliament; "DĂĄil" = Irish Parliament)
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DISCUSSING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE USA By Anziza Abdourahamane
Hi! I’m Anziza and I’m part of the orgateam. I’m 17 years old and I’m in Marseilleveyre High-School. Last-year, I went to America, to Boston MA. I was in a conference about women’s right called Women2Women. With 120 other girls from
different countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria, the USA, the Netherlands, ect... We spoke about our different living conditions depending on the country. Our role was to look for issues in our countries and try to find solutions. So we made an action plan
LA DISCRIMINATION POSITIVE : LA NOUVELLE "PROMOTION CANAPE" ?
Certains d’entre vous sont peut-être intéressés pour candidater à des grandes écoles, où la discrimination positive existe sous forme de quotas d’entrée, comme à Sciences Po. La discrimination positive est le fait de favoriser, par exemple en imposant des quotas à l’embauche, une population considérée comme lésée en raison de certaines caractéristiques propres comme le genre mais aussi l’origine, la couleur de peau, le handicap… Marie Frostin et Maële Euzen discutent du bien-fondé de cette pratique.
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together with the other French girls. We proposed to raise awareness on gender inequalities among different communities in France, because there are many cultures who live together, in the same country._If I chose to struggle for this, it is because I’m a girl, and like many girls like me, I play an important role in society. During this trip I learnt several things, I met many friends and each one had their own story, and I felt stronger with them because we shared the same ideas, and we had the same goal.
The reason why I decided to share my story with you is because I want the same cohesion between the delegates of the SIR1 of EYP France South-East and to show you that there are many places and events where you can stay engaged in the struggle for gender equality! I think that to achieve this goal, the men's voices are as important as those of women. #TeamB
La discrimination positive comme son nom l’indique reste une discrimination: c’est à dire une distinction et une différence de traitement entre individus à partir de certains critères. Cette distinction crée une inégalité, certes positivement, posant alors la question des mesures concrètes applicables et de leurs limites. Doit-on en effet générer une inégalité pour remédier à une autre? De nombreuses voix s’élèvent contre ce mode d’action, comme 67% des Français. Cependant, l’inégalité des sexes et genres est un fait avéré, et prétendre ne pas avoir besoin de mesures favorisant les femmes supposerait une égalité des chances. Ce qui n’est pas le cas. Ainsi ces mesures ne font que compenser une inégalité déjà existante en tentant d’y remédier de manière provisoire. En ce sens, ces actions ne sont pas destinées à être mises en œuvre indéfiniment mais de changer les mentalités des jeunes générations se répercutant ainsi sur le long terme, en permettant par exemple aux femmes de ne plus s’autocensurer pour candidater à des haut postes. De plus, ces dispositions sont un moyen rapide, facilement applicable dont les résultats sont mesurables et prévisibles, ce qui est une chance en terme de politiques sociales généralement difficilement appréhendables en terme de résultats.
Ces mesures génèrent un débat sur les raisons réelles de ce besoin de quotas. En effet, imposer des quotas à l'embauche ou en représentation politique part du principe qu’autrement les femmes n’auraient pas pu accéder par elles-mêmes à ces postes, ou difficilement, par manque de qualifications par exemple. Ainsi, une femme pourra être considérée comme avoir été engagée en raison des quotas et non de ses compétences réelles. Ces croyances pourraient être un prétexte pour dénigrer les femmes et leur travail par des blagues ou remarques sexistes : les quotas seraient ainsi la nouvelle « promotion canapé ». La discrimination positive pourrait être en ce sens perçue comme de la charité, remettant en question l’effet escompté de crédibilité des femmes.
Cependant, cet argument censé défendre l’égalité des sexes ne serait-il pas finalement inscrit dans un mode de pensée patriarcal ? En effet, se focaliser sur les compétences des travailleuses au lieu des raisons de leur non insertion est typiquement influencé par ce type de pensée. On ne devrait pas s’inquiéter de la remise en cause de la crédibilité des femmes si on la considère comme acquise. Le débat des quotas ne devrait donc pas porter sur les compétences, mais bien la mentalité qui les rend nécessaire, car les stéréotypes ont la vie dure.
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REVEALING MARSEILLE
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE CITY By Martha Kallenou
§ Marseille is the oldest city of France; founded 2,600 years ago (600 BC). § Marseille is the 2nd largest city of France, after Paris of course, with population reaching 853,000. New York’s population is 10 times higher than Marseille’s. § The port of Marseille is the most important port of France, situated on the Mediterranean coast east of the mouth of the Rhone River. § Above the port rises the 19th century Basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde, conquered by a gigantic statue of the Virgin. § Marseille’s economic development grew in the middle of 19th century, attending to the needs of France as a whole. § The city’s main manufacturing products, which made Marseille well known, are soap, vegetable oil and sugar.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT..? § The French consumption of 'savon de Marseille' represents more than 630 grams per second, which leads to 20,000 tons of soap per year. § Marseille is the sunniest major city of France.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE By Emily Sabet
Across 2. This term describes a gender identity that is embraced by people whose genders are unconventional or non-normative. 6. The state of having the same rights, social status, etc. 8. Invent a word and write it here after you’ve written the words 5,7 and 9. 11. To believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same. 12. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life, as in schools or universities. 14. Social and cultural categories based on the biological difference between the sexes 15. A term used to describe the process by which a transgender and/or gender nonconforming person begins to embody their gender identity, which often diverges from the sex they were assigned at birth. 16. The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Down 1. Assigned at birth due to the presence of whatever external reproductive organs. 3. A fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute. 4. Mutual agreement; harmony or concord. 5. The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. 7. Exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse. 9. A difference, especially an undesirable one, between two views or situations. For example in wage or age. 10. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate. 13. A feeling or understanding that someone or something is important, serious, and should be treated in an appropriate way.
Guess the gender equality themed answers to the clues above and complete the crossword.
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TURNING GENDER EQUALITY INTO A WORLDWIDE PRIORITY
By Mara Rațiu
THE URGE TO STEP UP Whether it is about working environment or norms related to one’s personal life, gender inequality remains an issue all throughout the world – even if we acknowledge it more in western countries, that doesn’t mean it’s a neglectable affair in world regions that are still under development. Outrageous measures still exist on a global scale, where tradition overcomes logic. Girls still face significant barriers in terms of access to education. In India, a man is three times more likely to get employed than a women.
Solid dialogue is being opened by progressive dispositions such as, in France, the Génisson law, meant to ensure a better distribution of women within firms, thus achieving an equitable professional representation for each gender. In thirdworld countries, this same progress applies for steps towards autonomy that have to become a general stage of development – freedom of choice, granting the right to education or even the right to compete in sports.
However, Europe faces its own demons that derive from failing or even refusing to see gender equality as a problem, even though cases of sexual harassment and domestic violence are sadly still common here. The pay gap between women and men is still a reality in all EU countries, ranging from 27.3 % in Estonia to 2.3% in Slovenia. Conservative thinking gets in the way of a balanced solution even in countries such as Switzerland, often quoted as a standard for democracy, where women’s voting rights were extended on all scales only in 1991. In contrast, there are still plenty of cases around the world where basic needs are not met, such as food, water and shelter. This makes striving towards gender equality seem as a secondary issue, whereas it is indeed the source of viable responses and a necessary path to walk on. There are different perceptions of evolution when it comes to achieving greater social balance between man and women.
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There’s no harder thing to be done than changing mentalities – however, it is utterly vital. Having as many women in the labor force as men could boost economic growth by 34 % in Europe. A broadened horizon can only benefit everyone through the extended prospects it brings. Empowering women on a global scale is a vector of prosperity on an economic, social and political level and it should be prioritised accordingly.
OF SYMBOLS AND STEREOTYPES By Pauline Keane
Above are the two symbols we all recognise as gender symbols in today’s world. The one on the left stands for women, the one on the right for men. But do you know where these symbols come from? The symbol for women comes from the mirror of Venus and the symbol of men from the spear of Mars! These origins are obviously very gender-normative (a woman looks at her reflection, a man fights) and there are a lot of people who would like to see them change. However, they are firmly established in our society. Is it worth the trouble of trying to replace them? Do you think these symbols work for the modern world? Are they fair? If you could redesign them what would you draw? Show us what you think the symbols for gender should be!
We'll have a prize for the best proposals, so if you would like to submit yours you can cut them out here and bring them to your Journo, or take a snapchat shot and send it to PEJMarseille.
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Marseille 2016 - 1st Inter-Regional Session of EYP South-East