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Project number: 101147854
Project name: STUDENTS 4 CHANGE
Project acronym: STUDENTS 4 CHANGE
Call: CERV-2023-CITIZENS-CIV
Topic: CERV-2023-CITIZENS-CIV
Type of action: CERV Lump Sum Grants
Granting authority: European Education and Culture Executive Agency

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PROJECT SUMMARY

PROJECT SUMMARY

The EU has clearly and lucidly identified the important challenges it is facing, such as human rights, and it is also aware that any challenge can only be won with the active engagement of all citizens, starting with the youngest. Gender-based violence is one of the main forms of human rights violations at national and international levels that cannot be faced off only by institutions. Its contrast has to be ensured primarily by the engagement of citizens through awareness, knowledge and practical instruments.

According to the latest researches, EU Youth main engagement trends are improving, even if some challenges persist: despite the interest in politics and in voluntary activities increased, youth seem more attracted to new ways and forms of participation and engagement.

STUDENTS 4 CHANGE aims to develop and promote a replicable model aimed at boosting young’s active engagement on a crucial challenge: fighting against gender-based violence and de-structuring stereotypes through deepening and stimulating reflection and raising awareness and practical activities able to stimulate active engagement, letting students embody the connection line among territory and policy levels thanks to the production of recommendations.

Role in the project

UniVan will be responsible for project management and coordination of the whole consortium, ensuring the proper implementation of activities, including Communication and Dissemination (C&D) activities. UniVan will take care of the scientific organization and the operational arrangement of 8 events in Italy (3 of which directly involving also French students), including 2 C&D Events, 4 Knowledge Acquisition Events and 2 Challenge Yourself Events. Moreover, Univan will coordinate Italian students in the drafting of the multi-disciplinary recommendations (aimed at EU and national policy makers) and Italian and French students in the running of social media pages aimed to create engagement in their peers towards gender-based violence. Finally, UniVan will coordinate the scientific production process of the Consortium Recommendations containing STUDENTS 4 CHANGE Engagement Model.

Duration: 24 months (1/09/2024 – 31/08/2026)

Actions:

The project is based on an ‘engagement’ model, built on a progressive path of events, aimed at increasingly accompany university students towards a higher level of awareness, active engagement and solidarity with respect to the gender-based violence issue.

Results/impacts:

Main KPIs: at least 200 students involved in Italy and France; 144h training delivered; 312h practical activities realized in 4 different fields; 4 Recommendations produced; 1 Engagement Model validated and promoted.

Main Innovations: young-tailored and practice-oriented approach; Two-ways engagement approaches (bottom-up and top-down); crosscutting Recommendations; students contributing in raising awareness among their peers.

Keywords: Engagement; activism; participation; university students; youth; gender-based violence; gender stereotypes

PARTNERS

PARTNERS

COORDINATOR: Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli (https://www.unicampania.it/), Italy
Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA) (https://univ-cotedazur.fr/), France
CIRSES Centro di Iniziativa e di Ricerca sul Sistema Educativo e Scientifico (http://www.cirses.it/), Italy
Centre d'Information sur les droits des femmes et des familles des Alpes Maritimes (cidff06.com), France
Associazione Culturale CreaCinema (cineventi.it), Italy

Moreover, the following external organizations support the project:

Osservatorio sul fenomeno della violenza sulle donne della Regione Campania (https://www.cr.campania.it/osservatorio-violenza-donne/)
Cooperativa Spazio Donna Caserta (https://spaziodonnaonlus.com/)
Arcidonna Napoli Onlus (http://donnedinapoli.coopdedalus.org/392/arcidonna-napoli-onlus/)
ALI della Mente (https://www.fabbricawojtyla.org/la-fabbrica-2/)

FUNDAMENTAL STEPS

FUNDAMENTAL STEPS

Project concept is based on an engagement model build on a progressive path of events, aimed at increasingly accompany students towards a higher level of awareness, active engagement and solidarity with respect to the issue of gender-based violence.

The engagement path is articulated as follows:

A first cycle composed of 12 “Knowledge Acquisition” Events (2024-2025), aimed at stimulating engagement both “bottom-up” (towards EU and national / local institutions) and “top-down” (towards the associations operating in the territories against gender-based violence);
A second cycle composed of 7 “Challenge Yourself” Events (2025-2026), directly involving students in four practical strands of activities (design of recommendations aimed at national and EU policy levels, volunteering, social media management and creation of short films), in order to let them experience first-hand the impact they can have on their own lives and the lives of others.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS DEDICATED TO UNIVAN STUDENTS

CALENDAR OF EVENTS DEDICATED TO UNIVAN STUDENTS

WP1 – Italian Opening Conference (27/09/2024), aimed at presenting the project and its opportunities, and at sensitizing on gender-based violence and the importance of being actively engaged on the issue.

Knowledge Acquisition Events:

WP3 – Italian KA “Introduction” event (15-16/11/2024)

WP5 – Italian KA “Gender stereotypes” event (14-15/02/2025)

WP7 – Italian KA “Gender inequalities in society” event (23-24/04/2025)

WP9 – Italian KA “Gender-based violence” event (to be defined)

WP11 – Italian KA “Exploration of emotions, opinions and behaviors” event (to be defined), in collaboration with CIRSES

WP13 – Italian KA “Anti-violence centers, shelters and semi-autonomous homes” event (to be defined), in collaboration with CIRSES

Challenge Yourself Events:

WP15 – Italian CYS “Advocacy 4 Change” event (to be defined), realized in part at UniVan facilities and in part at UniCA facilities, involving UniVan and UniCA students, aimed at setting up recommendations for policy makers at EU and national / local levels on the issue of gender-based violence.

WP17 – Italian CYS “Activism 4 Change” event (to be defined), in collaboration with CIRSES, aimed at supporting and guiding students while carrying out volunteering activities.

WP19 – CYS “Storytelling 4 Change - Social” event (to be defined), realized online by UniVan and involving UniVan and UniCA students, aimed at supporting students in the running of social media pages meant to create engagement in their peers towards gender-based violence.

WP20 – CYS “Storytelling 4 Change – Short film” event (to be defined), realized online by CreaCinema and involving UniVan and UniCA students, aimed at supporting students in the production of short films based on the issue of gender-based violence.

WP21 – CYS “Final Roundtable” Event (to be defined), realized at UniCA facilities and involving a delegation of UniVan students, aimed at supporting students in the final draft of the recommendations for EU and national / local policy makers on the issue of gender-based violence.

WP22 – Final International Conference (to be defined), aimed at presenting project results and outputs.

See here the full list of events dedicated to UniCA students.

COORDINATOR CONTACT DETAILS

PROJECT RESULTS