#Prevention #protection #rejection were the key words who used to discussion on how stereotypes and discrimination are present in surrounding environment and how to identify, to understand and combat the causes of gender discrimination , gender violence, social exclusion and discriminatory message based on gender stereotypes.

How can the members of the #EuropeanParliament support us in raising much more awarness towards the responsible behaviour of young (and less young) people when using technology?

We have so much to do in order to combat #online violence and #cyberharassement and talk more about the digital citizenship!

The Committee on Petitions could be helpful in joining forces and we agreed to work together on this matter starting next parliamentary session!

STAND AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE THROUGH THEATER

Young people will understand that everyone’s gender identity is unique to them and should

be respected. They will understand how with gender roles and stereotypes come

expectations and pressure and how to stand against them. Playing theater, they will develop

social emotional skills.

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In today’s societies, stereotypes, biased views on people, whether they are men or women

cause much trouble in oneʼs life, branding people and sidelining their identities. That is why

people in general and the younger, the better, must be educated on topics such as gender

equality, understand the strength of each sex and learn how to respect that in order to create

a better environment. Gender inequality and violence against women still persist in each and

every society worldwide. Nonetheless, there is still a sliver of hope to grapple with these

issues, especially through theatre.

As young students, Sarah, Thycia and Pauline gleefully having our internship in InPlanet

NGO, gender-based violence embodies a significant issue. Upbeat, we deeply believe

theater could uphold those issues and therefore contribute to a thriving society.

Be committed to a cause can pass by entertainment such as theater. Through those types of

activities, one might understand the stark reality of thorny issues as the prime example of

gender violence. Struggling against gender violence is far from being a lost cause, however

remains an unwon one. Theater could thus embody a significant tool to make people aware

of the far-reaching consequences of such issues.

If many cold cases have shed light on violence outbreaks in today’s society, the kicked-up

debates did not have the expected effects. If governments do nothing to cope with those

phenomena, theater could be a useful tool.

Theatre highly contributes to prevent violence against women. Behind what we can see as a

simple history or fiction, there is in some plays, an important moral, a sort of lesson that

everyone has to understand and ought to remember.

Theatre might help people to assert their identities, understand that everyone’s gender

identity is unique and should be respected.

Citizens prompted by theater plays are able to realize the gist of societal issues and stand up

for them. Theater has therefore pedagogical virtues which might soften spirits and raises

shields.

Theater may abet people to shift situations of inequality, abuse or and violence through

dialogues and negotiations.

We strongly think that theatre is a proper tool to convey messages through morale, implicit

references and the look of characters also. That appears, particularly in Greece, as a great

heritage that can serve today’s interest by using former plays which have already dealt with

these topics such as “Antigone” by Sophocles. Indeed, this play is focused on the heroine

Antigone, who, despite all the discrimination she suffers because of her gender, allows

significant political changes and evolutions in her society. Antigone is, in this play, the

allegory of courage and abnegation.

Theater allows people from different worlds to marshal. The power of culture, in a globalized

world, should be put into the foreground. Each and every citizen should discover cultural

specificities and patterns overseas in order to promote diversity and tolerance: the backbone

of a well-run democracy. Since gender-based violence is a global issue, every country must

stand up against it. If the power of theater is not usually put high on political agenda,

governments ought to look over its virtues which could pave the way for a thriving future.

The dissemination of information took place within the event "Romanians work together - Romanian services and products fair in Brussels (3rd edition)", which tooked place in #Brussels, at the Entrepôt Royal de Tour & Taxis. RomBel was co-organizer of the services and products fair.

This was an opportunity for to promote at european level and disseminate information concerning the european values ​​promoted within the #ErasmusPlus european project #Standagainstgenderbasedviolencethriughtheatre and to highlight the importance of non-formal education with respect for individuals and their gender.

As part of the Q&A section, discussions took place on violence against gedre and Rombel's project manager presented the goals of the #ErasmusPlus project #Stand Against GBV Through Theater which has just started on the 1st of May.