Sexism captured! APV infopack

SEXISM: CAPTURED! advanced planning visit

10 - 11 July Misaktsiaeli, Georgia

PROJECT 2016 has shown that sexism is an utter problem of the society, our com� munities are not so sensitive regarding this topic - one can still achieve public approval, even if using sexist slurs and harassment. No matter what is the gender equality index in our countries, sexism is still some� thing that we need to address in our social circles. The Internet has been beneficial for us, but it also has brought the dark side - trolls, hate speech, sexist and misogynist slurs.

We think our communities need to reaffirm gender equality and respect for each other as a value. Since the topic of sexism and gender can be hard to understand, there’s a need to bring this discourse into public focus.

Young people are especially affected by gender norms, standards, and social expectations, there is much to reflect, discuss and express about those topics. Due to the strong ties to culture, gender is more interesting and important to be discussed through different cultural perspectives.

We believe we - the young people have a capacity to transform the reali� ty through our actions and for this, there’s a need to create a space where we can express ourselves together creatively and deliver messag� es to others.

We aim to raise awareness about sexist speech in our communities, counter it and change the attitudes towards gender. Our vision is to create a youth exchange which gives space to discuss, exchange ideas and learn more about gender, sexism and reflect on our role to achieve equality. We focus on empowering each other to make this social change through making videos using as simple equipment as a smartphone and spreading the messages in the Internet sphere and television.

OBJECTIVES: - To create a comfortable atmosphere without barriers to express one� self; - To create a space to discuss gender roles, social expectations, discrimi� nation, sexism, and harassment; - To discuss what is the position of sexism in our public discourse and how it affects our circles and us; - To reflect on our attitudes towards different gender expressions; - To act against hate speech and sexist speech, and become equality ambassadors; - To reflect on the cultural dimensions of gender and enhance intercul� tural dialogue; - To gain video-making skills as a way to express ourselves creatively; - To create a multiplying effect by setting up an internet channel for these videos and animations; - To create a hashtag #genderXXI to see what youth around the globe think about different gender expectations and create a booklet about it; - To affirm equality as a value of modern society.

TRAVEL

ACCOMMODATION

We are expecting one group leader and one participant per country group. This means 10 people from 5 countries will gather in Misaktsieli, a small village nearby the capital Tbilisi.

For both, APV and Youth Exchange, we will stay at Kapiloni Hotel, The hotel provides towels, shampoo (not the best quality) and soap.

The lodging and food is completely supported by the programme, the travel costs is, however, reimbursed only up to the budget limit.

Netherlands - 530 EUR Finland - 360 EUR Poland - 360 EUR Ukraine - 275 EUR Georgia - 20 EUR The arrival date is 9th of July, you may depart on 12th of July already.

You are expected to choose the cheapest route to the venue. To reimďż˝ burse your travel we need two kind of proof: the proof that you really travelled (tickets, boarding passes, other type of travel documents) and the proof that you really paid the amount that you are requesting (invoice, receipt). Failure to present those may result in not getting the reimbursement. So, please, be attentive.

Please, make sure, your roaming is ON! The deadline to purchase the tickets is 15th of July, 2017.

https://goo.gl/tkA1gm The hotel is situated in Misaktsieli, which is quite hot during summer, howďż˝ ever, check the weather before you come. Misaktsieli is 25km far from the capital, so we can enjoy one of the evening in Tbilisi.

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The visa is not needed for the participants unless you are not the resident of the sending organizations' countries, in this case, please do contact the coordinator.

You are obliged to have a valid insurance upon your arrival; The currency in Georgia is LARI (GEL), 1 EUR equals around 2.5 GEL; The emergency number is here 112.

PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

CONTACTS:

Georgia - Women’s International Network (WIN); Finland - MIILZA Projects RY; Netherlands - Stichting CAAT Projects; Ukraine - Chernivtsi cell of allukrainian organisation "PORA!"; Poland - STOWARZYSZENIE EUROPE 4 YOUTH.

Mr Nika Bakhsoliani Coordinator

NOTE THAT...

Ms Nilza Mafla Coordinator

1. Note that the participants are required to have 100% participation during the projects and failure to do so will result in no reimbursement of travel costs. In the event that a participant is not feeling well or needs to miss a session, for any reason, this needs to be communicated to the responsible coordinator of the project either by the participant or by the leader.

2. Note that the participants are required to complete preparation tasks which are stated in this informational pack and bring these to the project with them.

3. Note that, participants are also required to complete surveys sent by the National Agency and/or European Commission, this is part of the projďż˝ ect and all participants need to complete these surveys.

nika.bakhsoliani@gmail.com +99557935717

nilzamafla@gmail.com +358405274114