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Gender+ – helping vocational institutions become

gender positive

Despite advancements made in gender equality, The project is led by the United Kingdom and
many vocational courses continue to be split includes partners from Bulgaria, Cyprus,
along traditional gender lines, and minority Finland, Italy and Slovenia. The benchmarking
gender group such as trans and non-binary, are tool will be available for pilot testing in Spring
underrepresented. Although vocational 2020.
institutions may be attempting to overcome
stereotypes and embrace gender
mainstreaming, this process can be slow and
include complex challenges.
Gender+, a two-year Erasmus+ KA2 project, will
address gender inclusion within vocational education by
producing a series of resources to help institutions
understand how they can improve gender equality.
These resources will allow organisations to become
aware of the steps they need to take to develop gender
positive services that consider a range of gender
identities and overcome stereotypes.
Woman working with industries
The resources that the project will produce are:

Emma Campbell – Euroguidance UK
∠ A Gender Positive Charter which will set out the
minimum requirements an organisation should
adhere to in order to be considered gender positive.
For more information about the project, visit:
∠ A Benchmarking Tool which will allow ∠ Facebook page
organisations to measure how gender inclusive they ∠
are, forming a Gender Footprint. Organisations that Twitter page
score highly against the benchmarking tool and
achieve an ‘excellent’ footprint will be awarded a
Gender+ quality mark which can be used to promote
their gender positive status.
∠ Gender Champion Skills Profile which will help
organisations develop the role of a ‘Gender
Champion’ – this dedicated staff member will be able
to drive policy and development from the
perspective of gender inclusion.