The lonely age of self-help feminism
Feature. In order to fix the epidemic of anxiety and disconnection among young women in today’s society, self-help literature has boomed. The books make promises of a better life – but on whose te...
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Feature. In order to fix the epidemic of anxiety and disconnection among young women in today’s society, self-help literature has boomed. The books make promises of a better life – but on whose te...
Feature. Prostitution is an age-old industry. Nevertheless, having a background in sex work qualifies the individual for nothing. Getting a proper vocation that pays a living wage backed by educationa...
Three voices. A common myth is that if you have a disability, you are not a sexual being. NGOs and activists are fighting wrong beliefs and educating service providers and people with disabilities the...
Toolkit. What should an adult educator know about LGBTI issues? In education, the attitude matters more than memorising terms, says Marita Karvinen, Training Curator at Seta, an organisation for LGBTI...
Interview. Award winning LGBT+ Advocate and former NIACE Policy Officer Lisa Vine talks about trans and non-binary in adult education.
Feature. In recent years, Poland's women have been visible in the international media – for fighting for their rights. What brought them to protest on the streets, and what kind of solutions have th...
Feature. Enough of calling masturbation a sin and sexuality education a subject about reproduction. Both youth and adults are a vital target group when talking about sexuality. Professionals working i...
Toolkit. Sex educator Pelle Ullholm from long-running Swedish sexual and reproductive health organisation, RFSU, shares 5 tips on how to target the adult audience.
Editorial. The #MeToo movement showed clearly that, for many of us adults, ideas of sexuality and sexual rights have grown outdated, to say the least. For the enjoyment and safety of us all, ways to s...
Feature. Japan is slowly waking up to women’s importance in contributing to the country’s growth. Adult education can help support women’s careers as they seek better opportunities at workplace.
Reportage. India’s adult education system is focused on the skilled workers offering little or no help to those who have dropped out of education early. However, NGOs step in where the state fails ...
Volunteers at the anti-trafficking organisation RealStars are rewarded with work experience and new skills. Sometimes this may mean testing one’s own views of right and wrong.
World of research. The level of education is already so high in Finland that career security cannot be achieved through education the way it once was. Nevertheless, one must constantly be better, says...
Balkan has been (and still is) a turbulent region, with periods marked by nationalism, conflicts, even wars. Was adult education an innocent accompanist of the events, with no power to change or to i...
Interview. Women can, and do, learn to live in a man’s world”, says Professor Sue Jackson who has made a lifelong career within lifelong learning and gender. Before stepping into retiremen...
Teacher students are still educated in universities to serve the existing education system – not to question it, says Warda Ahmed, a school teacher student and the chairperson of the new Feminis...
Toolkit. Only about one quarter of all participants in folk high schools are men in Finland. Men are also underrepresented in volunteer groups. To attract more men into adult education and volunteer a...
Reportage. Serbia is patriarchal society where gender fluidity is merely a taboo. A group of artists and educationalists participated in creation of a socially engaging theatre play, RED – a sui...
The New Year’s Eve sexual assaults serve us as a reminder that it is the men that must change their attitude, not the women. And for the purpose, non-formal adult education might be just the rig...
World of research. Religion, economics and sexuality matter to adult education because they all relate to how prejudice and all forms of bias operate in society. They influence&nbs...
Three quick ones. Lifelong learning and adult education can play a key role in creating gender equality through consciousness raising, empowering learning, knowledge building and skills developme...
Hopefully in the future there will be more and more films with several female actresses, who do not talk to each other only about men.
Despite approximately equal numerical involvement by gender in formal and non-formal education and training in most European countries (Eurostat, 2009), other data confirm that older men in most natio...
Janice Foerde, Danish women's rights expert gives a personal estimate of the MDG's success -and shares her hopes for the future.
Very soon, solemn statements will be penned, about finally extending education for all, about finally ending poverty.