Joint project
G-EPIC - Gender Empowerment through Politics in Classrooms
Funder: European Union
Period: 2023-2026
URI: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101095000/de
Abstract:
Empowering girls in political self-efficacy
Gender, social and racial inequalities are among the most crucial reasons why democracy must be better nurtured today. While data show secondary school girls often lack political self-awareness compared to boys of the same age, social class and ethnicity are also significant determinants of inequalities in political self-efficacy. The EU-funded G-EPIC project aims to change this by bringing state-of-play didactics into school classrooms to observe and analyse how such gender gaps form. Bringing together seven partners from six countries, the project will carry out experimental research to allow the creation and dissemination of gender empowerment in classroom interventions developed in collaboration with civil society, educators and students.
Empowering girls in political self-efficacy
Gender, social and racial inequalities are among the most crucial reasons why democracy must be better nurtured today. While data show secondary school girls often lack political self-awareness compared to boys of the same age, social class and ethnicity are also significant determinants of inequalities in political self-efficacy. The EU-funded G-EPIC project aims to change this by bringing state-of-play didactics into school classrooms to observe and analyse how such gender gaps form. Bringing together seven partners from six countries, the project will carry out experimental research to allow the creation and dissemination of gender empowerment in classroom interventions developed in collaboration with civil society, educators and students.
Detailed description:
The gender gap in political leadership, political ambition and political self-efficacy is the most persistent and most difficult to tackle across Western democracies, yet ensuring the future of democracy requires empowering all social group to engage.
Research shows that many political attitudes are formed between the ages 11-16. During this period, the gender gap in political confidence grows substantially.
G-EPIC aims to tackle the challenge of gendered political inequality from an intersectional perspective, through a novel research programme that broadly assesses how the gender gap in political participation is learnt through interaction in a social educational context. It proposes to develop a systematic approach, to gain understanding of the state of play on gendered political inequality and then to design, pilot and evaluate inclusive school-based interventions (didactics) that foster the political self-efficacy of disadvantaged young girls in six European countries (Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom). It also includes the formulation of policy recommendations and the drafting of a gender-sensitive regulatory framework.
"Gender Empowerment through Politics in Classrooms" (G-EPIC) is a 36-month project led by first class European academics in political science, sociology, gender studies, youth studies, and educational sciences, from Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Spain and The United Kingdom. It is funded by the European Commission's Horizon Europe Framework Programme and is designed to support the development of political self-confidence of girls and particularly those who are experiencing multiple forms of disadvantage.
The foundations and framework of the G-EPIC project and the EU Horizon Europe proposal from which G-EPIC originates were developed within the working group on Inequalities and active citizenship within the EU COST Action 17114 Young-in.
The gender gap in political leadership, political ambition and political self-efficacy is the most persistent and most difficult to tackle across Western democracies, yet ensuring the future of democracy requires empowering all social group to engage.
Research shows that many political attitudes are formed between the ages 11-16. During this period, the gender gap in political confidence grows substantially.
G-EPIC aims to tackle the challenge of gendered political inequality from an intersectional perspective, through a novel research programme that broadly assesses how the gender gap in political participation is learnt through interaction in a social educational context. It proposes to develop a systematic approach, to gain understanding of the state of play on gendered political inequality and then to design, pilot and evaluate inclusive school-based interventions (didactics) that foster the political self-efficacy of disadvantaged young girls in six European countries (Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom). It also includes the formulation of policy recommendations and the drafting of a gender-sensitive regulatory framework.
"Gender Empowerment through Politics in Classrooms" (G-EPIC) is a 36-month project led by first class European academics in political science, sociology, gender studies, youth studies, and educational sciences, from Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Spain and The United Kingdom. It is funded by the European Commission's Horizon Europe Framework Programme and is designed to support the development of political self-confidence of girls and particularly those who are experiencing multiple forms of disadvantage.
The foundations and framework of the G-EPIC project and the EU Horizon Europe proposal from which G-EPIC originates were developed within the working group on Inequalities and active citizenship within the EU COST Action 17114 Young-in.
Coordinating organisation / Consortium Leader
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Vrije University Brussel (Belgien)
Cooperation partners with funding
- Aarhus University
- Carlos III University of Madrid
- Charles University
- Gender Five Plus
- University of Giessen
