Building sustainable improvements in gender equality for youth through creative engagement in Uganda

通过乌干达的创造性参与，可持续改善青年性别平等

• 批准号: AH/W006901/1
• 负责人: Jane Plastow
• 金额: $ 16.34万
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW006901%2F1
• 关键词: Building; sustainable; improvements; gender; equality

This project will build on previous research conducted by Plastow in Uganda (see related projects) that has demonstrated not only severe issues related to gender inequalities including domestic violence; abandonment of children; mockery of menstruating girls; coercive sexual behaviours; but also that when engaged in programmes using arts-based, dialogic methodologies both males and females have been open to changing their views and their behaviours. This Follow-On project has been developed specifically to respond to repeated requests by young people, teachers and public health professionals and community members, that this work be built on and extended to further promote gender equality and to challenge many of the damaging essentialist myths about expected male and female behaviours and misinformation in relation to sexual and reproductive health (SRH).Previous work centred on schools in the slum district of the city of Jinja called Walukuba/Masese using arts-based workshops with young people aged 13-16 to discuss issues of SRH. It was found that not only did this work have a notable impact - see Case for Support - but that discussions arising about gender relations led to significant changes in individuals, families and school communities that were perceived to be significantly promoting good, respectful gender relations. This project will privilege the promotion of equitable gender relations, while continuing to promote understanding of SRH issues such as menstruation, sexual relationships and personal hygiene which all form part of the larger issue, but will extend the work to enable youth across Jinja to take part and sustainably benefit over the long term.Our dialogic, arts-based practice, including the use of theatre, film, dance, poetry and art was found to be highly engaging (see Case for Support), encouraging creativity, critical thinking and enjoyment of an often challenging process of opening up to new thinking. We will therefore extend this methodology. Working in 36 schools across the city; first through performance/workshops engaging young people in considering gender stereotypes, social norms and ideals they might aspire to, we will go on to invite 200 young people from across the city to take part in 2 (100 people each) 10-day multi-arts workshops which will combine gender awareness engagement with training in and creation of artworks using theatre, film, traditional and breakdance, poetry, pop music and fine art to stimulate a creative city-wide youth arts involvement. A third workshop will take 50 young people from each of the preceding workshops and work in the same forms to enable them to move from becoming trainees to realisers of their own art works, and this will culminate in a city-wide Jinja Youth Arts Festival where young people are invited to come together to profile their creativity on the theme of gender equality. These works will have a lasting presence in various ways: murals on public walls; pop songs will be recorded and played on local radio; film, theatre, dance and poetry will be exhibited and also released on social media.In support of youth-centred activity we will also, again as a result of many requests, provide 2-day training workshops for teachers and public health workers concerned with adolescent health, to assist them in supporting gender equality and openness in communication and support for the youth of the city. All work has been designed in response to community requests and will be based on further research workshops so that we can be sure we responding most usefully to specific local needs. The design of the artistic work has been carefully planned by a committed team of Ugandan and international artists who have all worked on related projects in recent years with Plastow and are leaders in their fields, including notably dance and pop music role models who have established professional creative careers on the back of working with Plastow in previous projects.

该项目将以普拉斯托以前在乌干达进行的研究为基础（见相关项目），该研究不仅证明了与性别不平等有关的严重问题，包括家庭暴力；遗弃儿童；嘲弄经期女孩；强迫性行为；而且，在参与以艺术为基础的对话方法的项目时，男性和女性都愿意改变自己的观点和行为。制定这一后续项目是专门为了响应年轻人、教师、公共卫生专业人员和社区成员一再提出的要求，即在这项工作的基础上进一步促进两性平等，并挑战关于预期男女行为的许多破坏性本质主义神话，以及与性健康和生殖健康有关的错误信息。之前的工作集中在Jinja市名为Walukuba/Masese的贫民窟地区的学校，使用以艺术为基础的讲习班，与13-16岁的年轻人讨论性健康和生殖健康问题。人们发现，这项工作不仅产生了显著的影响- -见支持的理由- -而且关于性别关系的讨论导致了个人、家庭和学校社区的重大变化，这些变化被认为大大促进了良好、尊重的性别关系。该项目将优先促进平等的两性关系，同时继续促进对月经、性关系和个人卫生等性健康和生殖健康问题的理解，这些问题都是更大问题的一部分，但将扩大工作范围，使全金贾的青年能够参与并长期持续受益。我们的对话，以艺术为基础的实践，包括戏剧，电影，舞蹈，诗歌和艺术的使用，被发现是非常吸引人的（见案例支持），鼓励创造力，批判性思维和享受一个经常具有挑战性的过程，打开新的思维。因此，我们将扩展这一方法。在全市36所学校工作；首先，通过表演/工作坊让年轻人思考性别刻板印象、社会规范和他们可能渴望的理想，我们将继续邀请200名来自全市各地的年轻人参加2个（每个100人）为期10天的多艺术工作坊，这些工作坊将把性别意识的参与与艺术作品的培训和创作结合起来，包括戏剧、电影、传统和霹雳舞、诗歌、流行音乐和美术，以激发全市青少年创造性的艺术参与。第三个工作坊将从之前的工作坊中挑选50名年轻人，并以相同的形式工作，使他们从学员转变为自己艺术作品的实践者，这将在全市范围的金甲青年艺术节上达到高潮，邀请年轻人聚集在一起，以性别平等为主题展示他们的创造力。这些作品将以各种方式持久存在：公共墙上的壁画；流行歌曲将被录制并在当地电台播放；电影、戏剧、舞蹈和诗歌将被展出，并在社交媒体上发布。为了支持以青年为中心的活动，我们还将根据许多要求，为关心青少年健康的教师和公共卫生工作者提供为期两天的培训讲习班，帮助他们支持性别平等和公开交流，并支持该市的青年。所有工作都是根据社区的要求设计的，并将以进一步的研究讲习班为基础，以便我们能够确保我们对当地的具体需要作出最有益的反应。艺术作品的设计是由乌干达和国际艺术家组成的团队精心策划的，他们近年来都与普拉斯托合作过相关项目，并且是各自领域的领导者，其中包括舞蹈和流行音乐的榜样，他们在之前的项目中与普拉斯托合作，建立了专业的创意事业。