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ABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality

in Partnership with Save the Children International

“Playing for Gender Equality” Toolkit

 

By learning the terms and concepts associated with Gender Equality, children can begin the important process of questioning the inequalities that they see around them. It is at this point in their lives where children aged 8 till 11 will begin formulating their ideals of gender and inter/intra gender relations. It is at this phase of their lives where they are observant of the interactions of those in their immediate environment. It is a critical period, where they question these things that they see, and begin formulating beliefs and attitudes that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives.

ABAAD (Dimensions)-Resource Center for gender Equality has produced a cutting-edge training toolkit that is considered one of the first toolkits developed and tested in the Middle East. The kit includes a training guide composed of 10 games, a referential guide on “What you need to know about gender equality?” and some support items (poster; sticker; coloring sheet). This training guide is a tool for trainers and facilitators to begin that work through fun, interactive, competitive, and educational games and exercises for children aged 8- to 12. Through these games, important ground work for understanding the concepts and issues surrounding Gender Equality will be introduced to these children, such as important terms and definitions. More importantly, during/after the games have been played, it allows the trainer the freedom to begin important discussions about the concepts that the children learned during the games.