Project: “Rock’ n’roll for Girls”
Project status: concluded
Implemented in: The municipalities of Galabovo, Radnevo and Maglizh and in the outer districts of Stara Zagora
Program: Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria
Implementation period: 11.10.2019 – 11.10.2020
Project Promoter: Centre for European Initiatives Foundation
Partners: Etnoworld Foundation
Summary of results:
The project aimed at overcoming stereotypical thinking that puts one gender in a dominant position over the other. The focus of the project were 4 small communities in villages or suburban areas, where people from ethnic minorities live, as well as other people with incomes lower than the average for the region.
An advocacy campaign was organized based on non-traditional approaches such as online radio and forum theatre, which aimed to provoke debate and contribute to a change in public attitudes. Discussions based on the methodology of the forum theater allowed the setting and public discussion of everyday situations of gender inequality and stereotypes related to the social role of men and women – at work, at home, in raising and educating children, early marriages in ethnic communities, etc. 20 interviews with successful women from various fields – teachers, civil servants, icon painter, olympic athlete, psychologists, cosplayer, herbalist, ecologist, master of jewelry, journalist, craftsman, tattoo artist, youth worker, writer – were prepared and broadcast on the online air of the youth radio “Evolution” – https://e-volution.media/. The interviews were also published in video format on YouTube and aim to have a motivating effect, showing the personal stories and extraordinary achievements of ordinary women.
A total of 366 participants were directly involved in the project’s public events in local communities. More than 2,600 were online users of the project’s audio and visual products – online radio broadcasts, videos with the life stories of 20 successful women, a book and a DVD, as well as a documentary on the project’s goals and theme.
Video about the project (in Bulgarian):
Grant amount: 11 927 EUR
Contact: Krassimira Kamenova
email: eurocentresz@gmail.com
phone: +359 887094124
address: Stara Zagora 6000, Hristo Botev str. 106, office 7
