The project entitled “DISC: Drama-based Interventions Challenging Gender Stereotypes and Encouraging Care Sharing” is implemented by a partnership between the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr) and Diotima Centre in the context of CERV-2024-GE,
from November 2024 to October 2026 and is co-funded by the European Commission.
The associate partners of the project are the Municipality of Athens and the Hellenic League for Human Rights (HLHR).
Objective
The project’s objective is to challenge gender stereotypes and raise awareness on gender inequalities in care by applying art-based techniques and methodologies.
Target groups
DISC is addressed to adolescents, social workers, adult educators, youth workers and informal caregivers.
Main activities
• Produce a training methodology, addressed to adults and adolescents, aiming to challenge gender stereotypes and promote equality in care.
• Organisation of interactive experiential workshops addressed to adults and adolescents across Greece.
• Produce a manual including the methodology, the tools and the activities implemented in the workshops.
• An intervention on inequalities related to care-giving based on the Forum Theatre techniques, which will be presented to local communities across the country.
• Drafting of a policy brief, including proposals drawing from citizens perspectives gathered during the Forum Theatre presentations.
• Organisation of an awareness-raising campaign, including a documentary and two podcasts, aimed at highlighting the necessity of gender care balance and a care democracy.
Expected outputs
• 105 adults and 105 adolescents will participate in the interactive experiential workshops
• 1120 persons (700 adults and 420 young people) will participate in 28 interventions on inequalities related to care-giving based on the Forum Theatre techniques.
Coordinator partner: Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)
Εταίρος (Partner): Diotima Center
TENet-Gr Coordinator: Sonia Dova
Project Manager: Vassia Kossiva
Worshops - coordinator: Hara Tsoukala
Forum interventions - coordinator: Christina Krithari
Contact TENet-Gr
+30 210 6541600, info@theatroedu.gr