ERIC Number: ED672790
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Publication Date: 2024
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Participants Views on Engaging with Female Faith Actors to Improve Woman Rights and Prevent Violence against Women (iENGAGE) Project Online Training
International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, Paper presented at the International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (ICEMST) (Antalya, Turkey, Apr 27-30, 2024)
Violence against women is a grave violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women. It can take many forms such as physical violence, sexual abuse, stalking, or forced marriages. Faith actors can be part of the solution rather than the problem when working and advocating for gender justice. iENGAGE project aims to address the underlying root causes of violence against women, particularly by engaging and equipping women faith actors to transform the attitudes, behaviors and social norms within their communities that support gender inequality and enable violence against women. As part of the project, 230 women were trained in Tokat, Gaziantep, Trabzon, Isparta and Ankara as part of the Leading Women Trainers program, providing them with adequate skills and literacy in the prevention of violence. During the project, training curricula were developed for women faith leader candidates in various professions, mainly teachers, students, civil servants, mufti's office employees and Quran courses instructors, focusing on improving their capacities to play an active role in women's rights and preventing violence against women. The training curricula covered a total of 60 days for each training course over a period of five months. iENGAGE project attracted great interest in all provinces within the implementation area and we realized our trainings with 230 participants, exceeding our commitment of 100 participants. Research results show that the majority of participants in the training curricula are satisfied with the training content. Participants stated that the training provided them with knowledge and skills on the subject, that participation was encouraged, and interaction was high, and that they believed that the training would contribute to their individual and professional development. The research also found that the participants' training contributed to their professional personal development. [For the complete proceedings, see ED672779.]
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Sex Fairness, Gender Differences, Program Descriptions, Advocacy, Justice, Prevention, Islam, Religious Education, Civil Rights, Training, Individual Development, Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Social Media, Curriculum Development, Volunteers, Health
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