On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2022

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the color orange is used to represent a brighter future, free from violence against women and girls.

‘Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human

rights violation, and it is perhaps the most pervasive. It knows

no boundaries of geography, culture or wealth. As long as it

continues, we cannot claim to be making real progress towards

equality, development and peace.’

Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General

There is a series of attitudes, behaviours and roles that boys and girls are pressured to adopt (and enact) in the process of becoming adults in our society. These are of course learnt, and correspond to established stereotypes we conform to as we become adults. Some of these stereotypes are also at the root of violence against women, as you will find out while working on this topic.

Learning Objectives of all the activities carried out:

To be aware of the need to eradicate violence against women.
To understand the potentially damaging effects of living up to stereotypes.
To understand the damaging effects of living up to society's gendered expectations.
To be able to see the media's role in perpetuating the roles.
To understand how the stereotyped gender roles can lead to abuse and violence against other human beings.
To learn and reflect upon CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF GENDER INEQUALITIES GLOBALLY and in their area.
To do research on the topic of gender inequality
To do research on the topic of the different types of violence against women.
To be able to think critically on the topic of violence against women and to justify one's opinion, showing respect for the opinions of others.

The students will use a metacognition diary to assess their understanding of the activity and to think about what they learnt and how they learnt it, at the end of the learning situation. This type of tool is very useful because somehow it helps the students “thinking about their own thinking.” Metacognition involves understanding and reflecting on how one came to learn something.

ESO1

FLYERS

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women

Our ESO1 Students have agreed on the following declaration:

ESO2

MOVE FORWARDS, DON’T LOOK BACK

We turn our backs to aggressors.

Preparing the activity

The Day of the Event

Post-activity Exhibition

We turn our backs to aggressors.

ESO3

MARINA Gender inequality: Images and perceptions

ASSESSMENT

BRAINSTORMING VIDEO

STUDENTS TASK:

RESEARCH

JORGE CUÑO'S RESEARCH GROUP

MARINA'S RESEARCH GROUP FINDINGS

VERA'S GROUP FINDINGS

CARLOS VAZQUEZ'S GROUP

ENRIQUE'S GROUP

MARÍA Gender inequality: facts, causes and consequences

ESO4

The students watched a social experiment conducted in Sweden where 53 people witnessed a violent scene. They were asked several questions on reactions.