Who can Apply?
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Activists, designers, content creators, journalists, teachers, students and professionals, in education, mass media, gender studies, …
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Aged above 18 years
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Involved in Media Information Literacy (MIL) education
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Committed to counter gender disinformation online and offline
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Able to express themselves comfortably in English
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Available for the entire duration of the Civic Hackathon (25-27 September 2024)
Based in Italy, France, Bulgaria, Greece, or one of the other Member States of the EU
Selection Procedure
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Registrations open until Monday 8th July
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2. Selection: until 19th July
CRITERIA:
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Affinity with subject
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Balance between genders, ages, geographical regions, and backgrounds of candidates.
3. Practical travel arrangements (until end July)
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4. Online Introduction meeting at beginning of September (to be defined)
Practical Info
Place: Perugia, Italy
Dates: from 25 to 27 September 2024
Working language: English
Travel, accommodation and subsistence will be provided by GenderED Coalition Project*
*conditions apply. For more info see Rules
Format
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40 participants from Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy or other EU countries
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8 international and multidisciplinary teams
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48 hours of intensive collaboration and co-creation
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5 media products, creative tools or campaigns selected for international dissemination
*conditions apply. For more info see Rules
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Rules
By participating in the Hackathon, Participants accept the binding of the Civic Hackathon Rules and agree to comply by their provisions.
Features
Our experts
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Creative sessions will be guided and facilitated by high-profile communication experts, online content creators and gender equality activists from all partner countries [button discover more soon…]
Past experiences
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The initiative is based on the experiences of the IN-EDU project and the REInSER project, which share a common approach to activating local actors as agents of change.
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Challenges
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GenderED Coalition Civic Hackathon will cover the following areas of gender-based discrimination and violence as result of gendered disinformation:
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To monitor gendered disinformation on social media platforms → acquiring data to better know the problem and its impact on women and girls;
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To challenge gendered disinformation on social media platforms → new patriarchy-free narrative;
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To cancel the impact of misleading and offensive visual and textual representation of women and girls online → support/prevention actions for victims and potential victims.
Results
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5 products will be selected for the diffusion of the media product or the implementation of the envisaged campaign, and will correspond to one of the following categories:
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a multimedia/artistic product
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a creative tool (being artistic performances promoting counter-narratives and usually to be realised in cooperation at community level);
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contents for a social media campaign;
The selection will be done by a Jury with representatives from the Board of Experts and experienced MIL educators.