Gender+ is a two-year Erasmus+ KA2 project which will develop governance and benchmarking tools to improve gender inclusivity within VET.
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Our project addresses the way that job sectors have traditionally been gendered and seeks to drive improvements by making vocational training environments more... forbes.com/sites/katecooper/…
Great to see trans rights being protected in all corners of Europe! Our project consortium involves partners from across the continent to... pinknews.co.uk/2020/01/21/tr…
"An equal world is a better world for all of us" - we want this ethos to exist within vocational education training centres across Europe and beyond Aspire-international Aspire-igen Group... weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/g…
Quite right, too!
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The gender pay gap continues to exist in all job sectors - projects like Gender+ seek to make much-needed improvements
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It's positive to see that people want to become more informed about the trans experience - our project hopes to reduce barrier trans people face when accessing vocational education and training Aspire-international... bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-br…
The Boys in Care Work project was an inspiration to the Gender+ consortium when carrying out research into approaches to gender inclusion in Europe last year. Check out the video below to find out more about their initiative!... youtube.com/watch?v=Dl_k6Fqb…
Our project seeks to address the gender pay gap, as well as encouraging work and training environments to become more gender inclusive Aspire-international... worldcrunch.com/culture-soci…
Great to see action taking place to challenge harmful gender stereotypes - our project seeks to encourage female students to complete vocational training programmes in gender atypical sectors, such as IT Aspire-international... bbc.co.uk/news/business-5103…
"Working with children is surprising, exciting and amazing" - our project encourages students to follow gender atypical careers by ensuring that training environments are inclusive and non-discriminatory. Boys in Care Work... youtube.com/watch?v=ctNIUEqq…
Our transnational research found that, while there is a drive to encourage women to enter traditionally 'male' job roles, there is not the equivalent push to get men to consider gender atypical careers - therefore, it's great to see... youtube.com/watch?v=1vXE7SBg…
Great to hear such positive (and local) news about the drive to get women to work in trades - our project similarly focuses on encouraging people to consider following gender atypical careers in order to achieve success!... bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-le…
Our project addresses the lack of men working in childcare by promoting gender inclusivity in related vocational education and training programmes. Check out this video produced by Boys in Care Work about the realities of working in... youtube.com/watch?v=rhdkRb8o…
The Boys in Care Work project provides a great example of the benefits of following gender atypical careers - find out what it's like to be a male nursery in Italy, one of our partner countries! Aspire-international Aspire-igen... youtube.com/watch?v=FX02irZn…
"Where women work, economies grow" - our project seeks to address the over-representation of women in unemployment figures and low-paid (and often undervalued) job roles.... weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/g…
A gender positive vocational training organisation would ensure that its atmosphere is open, tolerant and accepting of all students, regardless of their gender.
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Gender+ shares a similar drive to remove gender-related barriers - focusing on increasing access to VET (Vocational Education and Training)
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Our project aims to support students who are considering pursuing careers in gender atypical sectors.
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Our project aims to quicken this process by opening up opportunities to follow all careers, regardless of gender identity.
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Great to see our partner country Finland ranking so highly!
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