Do boys and girls have access to the same “space”?

Cards for Democracy
Published on
December 24, 2021

Do boys and girls have access to the same “space”?

In the last two articles we talked in depth about the Toolkits created for the European Commission to challenge learners in primary and secondary schools to identify and question gender stereotypes and discover career opportunities in the transport sector.

This created the opportunity to carry out an interview with two of the authors of the Toolkits: Maria Luísa de Bivar Black – historian, teacher, educator and consultant with experience in education for human rights and democracy – and María Pilar Santos Tambo – language teacher in secondary school and university and also manager of a teacher professional development program in Spain.

The interview was hosted by Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard: education consultant, trainer and co-founder of Learn to Change.

Pascale highlighted the following question:

​​The authors explored the theme, giving rise to interesting points of reflection.

To learn more about this topic, we invite you to take a look at an extract from the interview conducted with the authors:

Learn more about Toolkits

The toolkits are available in 24 languages for use in all EU Member States.

Based on your experience and the age of your students, you can download the toolkits in the language you prefer from here:

Toolkit for Primary School Teachers and Learners:

Toolkit for Secondary School Teachers and Learners:

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