The 4th General Lyceum of Drama opened the cycle of this year’s educational workshops of the “TIME TO TALK!” program, with the participation of one section of the 1st and one section of the 2nd High School, accompanied by three teachers.
The two sections, consisting of 45 students, visited the Association of Ladies’ Association of Drama – H.O.H. and actively participated in the activities of the programme with enthusiasm and sensitivity. They expressed deep concern about social issues concerning equality, elimination of prejudices and respect for women’s rights. At the same time, they raised concerns about the lack of empathy in modern society and expressed their desire to contribute to the cultivation of this value, even declaring their wish to pursue social sciences and humanities studies. At the end of the training, tablets were distributed and the children were given the opportunity to play in real time the online game “Change the plot. Be a Gender Hero!”, the online game about detecting abusive relationships. The workshop concluded with a tour of the Open House of Hospitality, of the Institution.
The aim of the educational workshops, which continue on a voluntary basis, is to inform and raise awareness among the student population about forms of violence and how to recognise them. The experiential workshops are conducted by the Dean of the Democritus University of Thrace, Mrs. Sevasti Chatzifotiou. The “TIME TO TALK” programme over the last three years has informed thousands of students from all over the prefecture. On the website timetotalk.gr one can find the university’s research on emerging forms of violence on the internet, information on forms of violence and play the game “Change the plot. Be a Gender Hero!”.
The project “TIME TO TALK!” was carried out within the framework of the Active Citizens Fund, with the LUD – H.O.H. as implementing agency and the Bodossaki Foundation and Solidarity Now as grant managers. The project was funded by Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, as part of the European Economic Area (EEA) funding mechanism. It lasted 14 months from December 2021 to February 2023 and continues on a voluntary level until today, succeeding in promoting equality, preventing and addressing the phenomenon of gender-based violence and its root causes, through specialized counseling of the perpetrator and more effective support for victims.