Examples of Schools Gender Policies
Leadership
Resource typeDocument
Extensive online archival material of feminist movement in Greece
Leadership
Target age groupPrimary Education
Resource typeTimeline/Archive
A resource which bridges the historical past of the Feminist Movement in Greece with a variety of contemporary stories through a digital timeline/archive.
Website specialising in Gender and Equality issues
Leadership
Target age groupPrimary Education
Resource typeWebsite-useful links-publications
The website of the Centre for Research on Women’s Issues (CRWI) “Diotima”, a non-profit, non- governmental women’s organisation.
Book Reference/ ZAK-ZACKIE OH: A book for Zak
Curriculum
Target age groupPrimary Education
Resource typeBook Reference
On Friday 21 September 2018, Zak Kostopoulos, a young LGBTQ activist, was brutally beaten to death, in broad daylight, on a busy pedestrian street in central Athens.
Gender sensitivity in early childhood education
Curriculum
Target age groupEarly childhood education
Resource typeWebsite
This website includes checklists, educational materials and various practical resources to promote gender equality in the context of early childhood education.
Raised by words: Educational toolkit
Curriculum
Target age groupSecondary and upper secondary education
Resource typeLearning material
This learning material includes three lesson plans and exercises to dissolve harmful gender-related stereotypes. By using the material, teachers can explore gender norms and attitudes together with children and youth.
A living wage for mothers and other carers
Curriculum
Target age groupPrimary Education
Resource typeOnline article- Photo- Petition
A resource that raises awareness about living wage for mothers and other carers that can be used as a stimulus to organize actions with and for community.
Update your learning materials!
Curriculum
Target age groupAll grades
Resource typeGuide
This guide provides teachers, learning material producers and other educational professionals with a checklist and tips to help them assess whether their learning materials promote active global citizenship.
Gender Equality Book Checklist
Resource typeChecklist
A gender equality checklist for books (these questions could also be adapted to other multi-media resources).
Gender Equality – Cross-cutting theme
When looking to develop a whole-school approach to Gender Equality, we have suggested engaging with five key themes: Leadership, Curriculum, Physical Environment, Attitudes & relationships and Communities. However, these are some additional themes that cut across all of the five main ones.
Gender Equality Checklist for Secondary Schools
Target age groupSecondary
Resource typeSpreadsheet
Gender Equality Language Guidelines
Gender Equality (Gender-neutral / Gender sensitive) language Guidelines / Style guide for schools.
Gender Equality through citizenship
Target age group9 - 13 years
An example of how you can support the development of pupils’ core skills such as citizenship, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity and imagination through the study and investigation of gender equality.
Teaching Controversial Issues – A Guide for Teachers
This revised and updated version of Oxfam’s popular guide recognises the changes in social and political contexts in recent years and seeks to support educators in their discussions with young people in this complex environment.
International Women’s Day Activity Ideas
Target age group9 - 14 years
International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on 8 March. It is a day when people around the world come together to recognise the achievements that women and girls have made, as well as call for further action to close the gender gap in terms of education, health, economics and politics.
Gender Sensitive Education Project
Leadership
Resource typewebsite - useful links publications
“Towards gender sensitive education” is a three-year long project implemented by five organisations from three EU countries in a strategic partnership. The project addresses the issue of gender diversity in classroom. The main objective is to enhance gender sensitivity of current and future teachers. The project addresses the issue of gender diversity in classroom. The main objective is to enhance gender sensitivity of current and future teachers.