The Gender Equality Festival

Sibiu, 21-23 October 2011

The Gender Equality Festival is a campaign for the young public aimed at fighting against stereotypes about men and women and against discriminating behaviours which is organised in Sibiu on an yearly basis by the Association for Liberty and Equality of Gender - A.L.E.G. The 2010 Gender Equality Festival won the prize for the Project with the largest number of volunteers at the SuperVolunteer Gala. In 2011, the project is financed through the Youth in Action Programme and the Sibiu County Council.

Partners: The ASTRA Library, The Tură în Natură Association.

Media partners: Sibiu 100%, Radio Kiss FM, Zile şi Nopţi.

Sponsor: AVON Cosmetics.

Activities:

• Forum theatre – a form of educational theatre which involves the public in solving problematic situations in society. 3 shows will take place in Sibiu and in Cisnadie.

• The Human Library – it is an event within the Festival which brings the public face to face with its prejudices: men cannot raise children, women are the weaker sex. People whose story contradicts a stereotype generalisation are the Human Books. these books may be "borrowed" by the participants for a 20 minutes talk. Readers will be teenagers from the Sibiu high schools and universities. The message that the Human Library wishes to convey is to "Discover diversity beyond generalisation".

• Equals on bicycles - open air event organised in partnership with the Tura in Natura Association

• Gender Treasure Hunt – prize contest for high school students related to the gender equality issue

• Choose your words - street action where participants may dedicate messages "written" with the help of our "letter-volunteers".

• Study on gender equality among the young generation – at least 500 people will participate at the poll. The results of the poll will be used in the Guide for the promotion of gender equality among young people which will be published in 2012 and will disseminate the experience of A.L.E.G. and of other organisations in the promotion of gender equality among teenagers.

Target audience:

500 young people aged between 14 and 24 from Sibiu, Cisnădie and neighbouring towns

If you like the idea of this project and you are interested to be a volunteer or to collaborate with us please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

WE ARE LOOKING FOR HUMAN BOOKS...

No matter if you are a woman or a man, if you want to do something unusual and to contribute to the shaping of a new generation with fewer prejudices come and be a human book in our Human Library!

The registration of books for the Human Library takes place at the adress: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it until October 3rd. Send us a short presentation about you and mention if you are available on October 22 or 23 for the Human Library in Sibiu. for books selected from outside the city of Sibiu we shall reimburse any transport expenses.

Further information about A.L.E.G. and the Gender Equality Festival: www.aleg-romania.eu