Workshop on gender equality and empowerment held at UBC General Conference
On the 3rd of October 2013 the Åland Islands Peace Institute held a workshop at the Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) XII General Conference arranged in Mariehamn, Åland, Finland.
In the workshop “Youth empowerment and non-formal education with gender perspective” the ÅIPI focused on non-formal education, practical methods which promote gender equality among young people, thus strengthening empowerment.
Methods such as the Girl and Boy Group Method and the Fair Sex Method, underpinned by the idea of positive peace, aim at creating spaces for discussion, spaces for contestation and for imagining a more equal and less violent world.
The ÅIPI director Ass. Prof. Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark has written a blog piece based on her introduction to the workshop: Youth unemployment, psychological disorders and the power of human imagination – an interpretation of the work of the Åland Islands Peace Institute.
