On the sidelines of International Day of Female struggles and women’s rightsthe city of Geneva offers each year to explore a theme from the angle of gender and equality.
There Equality week leans, from March 4 to 14, 2025on gender equality challenges within youth.
Where are we in terms of gender equality among young people? Why do masculinist ideas gain from the field and what strategies to oppose them? How to talk about equality with young people? What causes concern and mobilize youth? How to build more egalitarian future? Questions at the heart of current social, political and media concerns, in Switzerland as elsewhere, and which will be addressed through various formats.
Gender equality in a society that is polarized
The observation drawn up by the third national equality barometer published in 2024 is final: Young people live the same tensions in terms of gender than the rest of society. More worrying: Masculinist ideas are gaining ground With young men and, in generation Z (15-25 years), an unprecedented gap is widening between genres in matters of perception of equality. However, studies are unanimous: to build an egalitarian society and without gender discrimination, there is still a long way to make. If youth is a generation that we are talking about a lot, it is nevertheless little understood.
Far from the prejudices which alternately depict it disconnected from realities or on the contrary equipped so as not to reproduce discrimination of the past, the week of equality reaffirms the need for a intergenerational commitment in order to build a sustainable and inclusive society. Alfonso Gomez, administrative advisor in charge of equality, stresses that “we have a collective responsibility with future generations: we must equip them to deal with structural inequalities, allow them to discover themselves without fear of judgment and offer them a world that knows how to listen to them.”
At a time when women’s rights are aware of a marked decrease in several regions of the globe, including in certain Western countries, it is essential to reaffirm that the realization of equality between women and men condition the advent of a fairer and more sustainable societywhere the word ‘future’ is not a utopia, but a common and concrete project which sets in motion each and each of us, “underlines Christina Kitsos, mayor of the city of Geneva, in charge of the Department of Social Cohesion and Solidarity
An intergenerational program
This 12th edition, organized jointly by Municipal libraries and the Agenda service 21-Sustainable cityin collaboration with the Youth serviceas well as many partner organizations, thus resolutely enrolled in its time, with a programming for all audiencesof the school workshops and the publication of a bibliography.
Among the highlights, the French journalist and author Pauline Ferrari will open the week of equality during an interview on targeting very young audiences by masculinist movements. Salomé saquéjournalist and author, will come to present her work in favor of youth Developed in “Be young and shut up-answer to those who criticize youth”. Gabrielle Richard will talk about his work “Protect our children” around questions of the right to the self-determination of young people, Drkpote and Coline de Senarclens will discuss gender education, sexualities and consent.
And diverse workshops,, cultural productions and events for and by young people will allow you to grasp these themes, to think about it collectively and to participate in the quest for solutions.
A Thematic bibliography is also specially published for the occasion and highlights the richness of the funds of municipal libraries, the filigree library and libraries of the University of Geneva. Resources to learn and get in motion to act on the present and build the world of tomorrow.
“Libraries are spaces where youth invents their future, by discovering the diversity of stories, knowledge and identities. Through the week of equality, they reaffirm their role: to offer everyone and all the keys to imagine and build a future of all kind, more just, inclusive and open” notes Sami Kanaan, administrative advisor in charge of culture.
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