Play Equal

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The proposed project aims to contribute to the prevention of gender-based violence by addressing violenThe proposed project aims to contribute to the prevention of gender-based violence by addressing violent forms of masculinities within the culture of football and sports in Cyprus, and ensuring the engagement of men and boys (throughout Cyprus) as allies to tackle violence against women and girls. The project’s direct target groups are male footballers aged 14-17, football coaches and key stakeholders in the Sports community. The project also addresses the general public in an effort to raise awareness on masculinity and its impact on men’s and women’s lives. The action is designed to produce short, medium and long-term measurable impact of the target groups. This will be achieved through: a) an assessment of rigid and violent social and cultural norms of masculinity among teenage football players, their coaches and decision makers in sports b) the development of a training guide on masculinity and gender-based violence in sports for boys and coaches based on existing materials and tools c) to educate and empower teenage football players and their coaches through experiential trainings on healthy relationships and gender equality, and to encourage them to be engaged in the prevention of gender-based violence.d) to develop and adopt a code of conduct on gender-based violence in sports by all main actors involved, e) to raise visibility and awareness on gender based violence within the sports community and the general public. The partnership brings together the high ranking sports authority in Cyprus and the main actors predominately involved in sport, football, education and sexuality education. The project has the support of the Office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights and the Commissioner of Gender Equality in Cyprus who have committed to collaborate with the consortium, exchange and share information and disseminate the project’s results and outputs.