Exercise description

The participants split into four groups: two of just men and two of just women. One male and one female group (separately) write on their Flipchart paper what type of man they like; the other female and male group write what type of woman they like. They don’t have to agree on what they will write – they just brainstorm. Time is limited to about 15 minutes. Then each group presents their work and is asked questions for clarification.

Discussion in the plenary

What was this like? Do you have any comments?

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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 to write the first thing that comes to your mind when asked the question:

1. 1. What is the role of women in society?
2. 2. What is the role of men in society?

Ask one question, then after 20-30 seconds collect the post-its and ask the second question. On a wall newspaper, where these questions are headlines, attach the post-its of one colour on the left and those of the other colour on the right. Then invite the participants to come look at the notes.

Discussion in the plenary

Suggested questions for the discussion:

• What do you find important or interesting in the notes?
• Do you see any interdependence or links between gender roles in society?

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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 men and to note down major points that they will later present to the others. The time for group work is about 20 minutes. Then each group presents their work and is asked questions for clarification. The presentations are followed by a discussion in the plenary.

Discussion in the plenary

Suggested questions for the discussion:

• Whose responsibility is this?
• Who should be dealing with this?
• What does this topic have to do with peacebuilding?

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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 listens. Then the roles reverse.

Discussion in the plenary

Suggested questions for the discussion:

• Who felt uncomfortable doing this exercise? Why?
• What did you not like about it?
• How did you feel about what your partner was saying?
• How would you feel about sharing the details of the conversation with a member of the other group?

An extension of the exercise

After the exchange in pairs, the participants find a partner of the opposite gender and repeat the exercise. Additional questions for discussion in the plenary: “Was it easier to talk with a member of your own group or of the other group? In the second part of the exercise, talking to a member of the other group, did you change what you said in the first part of the exercise?”

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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 chair are reserved for women and the other three for men. Ask three men (volunteers) to imagine they are on public transport (a tram) and to sit on the chairs (the first, third and fifth) in typical male poses. Then ask two women to join the scene and sit down in typical female poses.

Ask the observers to keep quiet and note down their observations if they need to. Let the scene go on long enough for the actors to become uncomfortable and start interacting, and then let the interaction develop for a bit (two or three minutes).

Ask one of the three male volunteers to return to the plenary and ask for another female volunteer from the group. The actors are not tasked with taking on the role of the opposite gender. Ask them to sit in the chairs so that the women first take up typical male poses and the men take up typical female poses. Let the scene last a few minutes for interaction to develop. Ask the observers to comment on what they noticed and compare the scene now with the one before. Ask the actors what it was like taking on the roles.

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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 Women, while the topic for the other female and male group is Type of exercise: Theatre of the Oppressed Duration: 120 minutes Men. The groups should be separated spatially so that they can work independently (for about 30 minutes).

Displaying the Women statue (45 minutes): First the male group sets up the statue they prepared, and then the female group, so that the rest can see both statues at the same time. Then the “male” statue is removed so that its participants can see the “female” statue.

Ask the audience: “What did you see? What did the actors of the statues want to show? What are the differences/similarities between the statue set up by men and the one set up by women?”

Then ask the actors of the statues: “What did you want to show? What was it like playing the roles?” Short discussion in the plenary: insights, comments.

Displaying the Men statue (45 minutes): First the female group sets up the statue they prepared, and then the male group, so that the rest can see both statues at the same time. Then the “female” statue is removed so that its participants can see the “male” statue.

Just as before, the audience is asked questions, and then the actors of the statue.

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Everyone writes down their questions about the topic of the workshop. Then three small groups are formed:

1. “female” – for women who want to talk with women
2. “male” – for men who want to talk with men, and

3. “mixed”.

If one of the groups turns out to be too big, it can be split into two.

The small groups discuss the questions noted down. The time for discussion is at least 30 minutes.

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Exercise description

Split into three groups: one “female”, one “male” and one “mixed”.

Work in groups. Instructions for the working groups: “Your task is to look through the newspapers and magazines to find articles/photos/ads and whatever else you connect to the topic of the workshop. Once everyone has found at least two or three things, discuss them in your group and decide which ones you will present in the plenary for 10 minutes. Also, select a person from the group to do the presentation. You have 45 minutes.”

Presentations. One person from each group presents the main points of the group discussion – maximum 10 minutes. The presentations follow each other, with any clarification questions asked on the spot.

Discussion in the plenary. Only after all three presentations are done, open the discussion in plenary for comments and questions (up to 30 minutes).

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