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Gender

Community Engagement as a pillar of degree programmes in Palestine

Interview. Pursuing higher education can be the only way to spend time, if there is no work or other possibilities. Palestinian university engages students by offering engagement with the community.

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Grandmothers learn and teach about mental health in Zimbabwean communities

Reportage. A health organization trained local grandmothers, gogos, to help tackle rising mental health problems in the area. Gogos are respected in the community and easy to approach.

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Are you ready to make space for the unknown?

Spot on. All adult educators should go outdoors to embrace bodily, experiential ways of learning, writes researcher Riikka Suhonen.

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Bringing women into politics 

Three Quick Ones. A programme addressing the under-representation of women in politics in rural Ireland demystifies local politics and helps creating tangible change in society.

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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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Marginalisation leaves education out of sex workers’ reach

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...

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Disability and sex: Many myths still to break

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...

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Adult educator: learn (at least) these terms about gender plurality and sexual orientation

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...

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Why gender identity matters to every adult educator

Interview. Award winning LGBT+ Advocate and former NIACE Policy Officer Lisa Vine talks about trans and non-binary in adult education.

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Black Protests, newly found feminism and voluntary sex education – Polish women are changing society

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...

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How do they do it? – It is time to modernise the practices of sex education for adults

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...

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Ingredients in successful sex education for adults

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.

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  • Good practices & innovation (125)
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  • Migration (18)
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  • Nonformal learning (139)
  • Pedagogy (63)
  • Policy (60)
  • Project (36)
  • Research (68)
  • Technology (42)
  • Third age (22)
  • Wellbeing (57)
  • Working life (36)
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