Stereotypes are not my gender: vocational and professional choices free of prejudice
Free Choices
Promoter: UMAR - Alternative and Answer Women's Union
Partners:Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas
ATEC – Associação de Formação para a Indústria
Associação Nós – Instituição Particular de Solidariedade Social
Escola Secundária Fernão Mendes Pinto
Escola Secundária da Amora
Escola Secundária do Bocage
Escola Básica Hermenegildo Capelo e Escola Profissional de Setúbal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto
Agrupamento de Escolas da Maia
Agrupamento de Escolas Nº1 de Marco de Canaveses
Agrupamento de Escolas Vallis Longus
Agrupamento de Escolas Gaia Nascente
Jyväskylä University
Icelandic Women's Rights Association
EEA Grants: 193 312,00
Total Amount: 214 791,11
Programme:What is the project about?
The Free Choices project - Stereotypes are not my gender: vocational and professional choices free of prejudice has as main objective to create and implement a program to prevent gender stereotypes and promote gender equality, focused on vocational and professional choices, with young people from the 7th grade onwards in schools in the regions of Porto and Setúbal. Additionally, the project will contribute to the awareness raising of other young people through an international campaign, to scientific knowledge and training of professionals in this area.
It is an Open Call #2 project: Projects to combat sex segregation in educational and professional choices and discrimination in the labour market
Working together for an inclusive Europe
ResultsThis project aimed to prevent gender stereotypes in young people's vocational and career choices. The following actions were carried out:
- A primary prevention programme on gender stereotypes was implemented in schools in the districts of Porto and Setúbal, with 360 sessions and 596 student participants.
- An online campaign titled “Stereotypes are not my gender” was launched, with content disseminated via Instagram, TikTok, and a dedicated website.
- A Good Practices Manual was developed and shared with education professionals, focused on preventing gender stereotypes in young people's vocational and career choices.
- An infographic was created to present the findings of a study involving 917 young people and 4 focus groups, titled Study on Young People's Perceptions and Opinions on Personal Attributes and Vocational and Career Choices of Men and Women.
- An External Evaluation Report was produced, confirming the positive impact of the intervention on young people's perceptions of gender stereotypes.
- A podcast, a photo gallery, and a feature report were produced for the TV programme “Terra Europa” – RTP3.
- The intervention also included training for education professionals and knowledge exchange with national and international partners.