Female perspectives on democratization

The project aims to promote mutual understanding among citizens of different European countries, promoting events, actors and groups that fought for pluralism, democracy and freedom. With this project, we want to put a focus on brave women who contributed to democratic transitions in Europe, resisting political violence and opposing totalitarian and authoritarian restrictions on human rights.

The project has three dimensions through which it will highlight the importance of democratic transitions in Europe. First, it will provide an insight into the involvement of women in the democratic changes and social and political turmoil in Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and Spain. Second, the project has a strong educational dimension, realized through numerous educational activities for young people and a training for teachers. Third, the project will develop an advocacy dimension that will engage European citizens, decision-makers and public officials in a dialogue on how to achieve gender equality in the understanding of history.

The project includes study visits, educational workshops for young people, public discussions with citizens and MEPs, training for teachers and the conference “(In)visibility of women’s contribution to democratic transitions in Europe”.

On this project we are collaborating with the organizations The Future Now Association (Bulgaria), Lapsus – Laboratorio di analisi storica del mondo contemporaneo (Italy), Zavod APIS (Slovenia) and Asociacion Las ninas del tul (Spain).

The project is co-financed by the European Union.