Partner of the current project are f.l.t.r. Isma Benboulerbah (EndFGM), Sónia Breda (APF), Carolin Pranz (TDF), Myria Böhmecke (TDF), Maja Wegener (TDF), Ophélie Masson (EndFGM), Sónia Duarte Lopes (APF), Paco Llorente (MDM), Fiona Coyle (EndFGM), Susana Vicente Andueza (MDM), Eva Ulshöfer (TDF), Valentina Fanelli (AIDOS). Julia Mergenschröer (TDF). Photo: © TERRE DES FEMMESThe second Gender ABC project meeting took place from 13th to 15th March 2019 at the Terre des Femmes’ headquarter in Berlin. The project partners from EndFGM (Belgium), AIDOS (Italy), MDM (Spain) and APF (Portugal) discussed the current status as well as the further process of the project.

Very important points on the agenda were the Monitoring and Evaluation of the project and the challenges regarding the implementation of the project in schools.

The former aspect was discussed and analysed with the support of the project’s Monitoring & Evaluation consultant Sam Cunningham. How can the project’s impact in the different contexts be measured? What are the comparable figures and the baseline for measuring the impact of the education programme on the behaviour of the students? How can these data be compared? Is the project’s period appropriate at all? These are the questions the project consortium is facing. Not only the evaluation of the pilot project, but also the involvement of “lessons learnt” and “best practice”-examples for subsequent educational projects is essential.

Photo: © End FGM EU (2018)After several months of conceptual work, as well as the development process of thematic modules and consultations with the partners, the Gender ABC project will now be implemented in the schools of Berlin!

Easier said than done: Due to exams, teacher’s, parents’ and school conferences, project days and the curriculum, the school year is overloaded and the school staff of primary and secondary schools is very busy. Considering all these dates, deadlines and appointments a rejective attitude towards the Gender ABC project would be comprehensible…

left to right: Valentina Fanelli (AIDOS), Carolina Montero (MDM), Susana Vicente Andueza (MDM), Carolin Pranz (TDF), Myria Böhmecke (TDF), Lisa O´Leary (END FGM EU). Photo: © APFThe first workshop of all partners for the opening of the Gender ABC project took place from 3rd to 5^th October 2018 in Lisbon. The project coordinator END FGM EU from Brussels, the organisations Médicos del Mundo (MDM) from Madrid, Associazione Italiana Donne per lo Sviluppo (AIDOS) from Rome and TERRE DES FEMMES (TDF) from Berlin met in the office of the fifth partner organization Associação para o Planeamento da Família (APF) in the Portuguese capital. Framework conditions and principles as well as the contents of the project were discussed and adapted.

Students in Berlin, Lisbon, Rome and Madrid will be sensitized for topics such as equality, children’s rights and gender-based violence and informed about their rights. To achieve this, the partners develop modules concerning topics like human and children’s rights, gender-based norms, social power relations, sexual violence, forced and early marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). These modules can be used as guidelines for the educators implementing the project in school. Additionally, information events as well as preparation meetings with teachers, parents, and political authorities are planned.