Launch of GenTOPIA – a digital game resource for gender equality

GenTOPIA, a digital game resource for young people to promote gender equality and tackle gender-based and sexual abuse and harassment, is being launched on Thu, 24 November 2022, 10:00 – 12:30 at Solas Room, U Building, DCU, Glasnevin Campus. Dublin City University, Collins Ave Ext, Whitehall Dublin 9.

“Sexism and (online) sexual harassment and abuse are especially urgent issues for young people, for whom digital spaces are key sites of communication and identify formation. The GeGame consortium has developed a digital resource called GenTOPIA to tackle issues such as gender stereotypes, consent, digital safety, street harassment, coercive control, non-consensual image sharing, and homophobic bullying. This project is funded under the ERASMUS+ programme, and involves partners from Ireland, Spain, Hungary, Turkey, Romania and Portugal. The resource is aimed at students aged 14 -16 years, and is designed for teachers who deliver subjects relating to issues of personal development, digital safety, gender equality and relationships and sexuality education.”

Organisers: Dr. Debbie Ging and Derek Laffan, GeGame Project, DCU Anti-Bullying Centre.

With keynote speaker Prof. Aphra Kerr, Maynooth University

For further information about the project, go to – https://www.gegame.eu/