What Type of Man Do I Like? What Type of Woman Do I Like?

Materials: Flipchart paper, markers   Exercise description   The participants split into four groups: two of just men and two of just women. One male and one female group (separately)...

What is the Role of Women/Men in Society?

Materials: Post-its in two colours Exercise description   Distribute the post-its so that women and men get different colours, e.g. green for women and yellow for men. The task is...

What Can We Do?

Materials: Flipchart paper, markers Work in four mixed groups of about five participants each. The task is to discuss what they could do to reduce discrimination against women and against...

What Bothers Me About Us Is…

Exercise description The participants split into same-gender pairs. The topic is “What bothers me about us women/men is...” First one person speaks (for about two minutes) and the other just...

Wall Newspaper: Who/What Determines the Roles of Women and Men in Society?

Tram

Materials: Five chairs Exercise description Set up five chairs next to each other (like seats on a tram) so that the whole group can see them. The second and fourth...

Statue Theatre: Women, Men

Exercise description   The participants split into two female and two male groups. Each group should prepare a statue, but the topic for one female and one male group is...

My Questions About Gender Roles in Society/Gender Equality

Materials: Paper and pencils Everyone writes down their questions about the topic of the workshop. Then three small groups are formed: “female” – for women who want to talk with...

Magazine Analysis

Materials: Daily newspapers, weeklies, magazines   Exercise description Split into three groups: one “female”, one “male” and one “mixed”. Work in groups. Instructions for the working groups: “Your task is...

I Wish Women/Men Were…

How I Became a Man/Woman

Materials: Copies of the questionnaire Exercise description The participants split into smaller groups of four or five. Their task is to discuss in their small groups: “How I became a...

Fishbowl

The Fishbowlis a method for discussing a topic or making a decision. The participants sit in a circle with four to six chairs placed in the middle of the circle...

Discrimination against Women and Discrimination against Men

Materials: Flipchart paper, markers   Exercise description The participants split into four groups: two of just men and two of just women. One men’s and one women’s group (independently) write...

Box

Materials: Flipchart paper, markers   Exercise description The participants split into men and women. Each group gets a flipchart paper with a rectangle drawn in the middle symbolising the “box”...

Associations: Women, Men

Exercise description The participants split into two groups: women and men. All the participants in both groups get two post- its each. They have 30 seconds to write down the...