Gabriel Jose Cruz Fernandez, Javiera Sanchez Rios and Maria Paz Alcarcon Fiorentine

Gabriel: Our initiative is called Elige tu Rol (Choose your Role). I’m the leader of a multidisciplinary team with vast experience in teaching, education and the study of gender.  Elige tu Rol promotes gender equality in the school community by raising awareness and providing tools to achieve a classroom free of gender stereotypes. These stereotypes have effects on educational gaps, putting girls at a disadvantage in school and in society. Through our program, which targets schools and teachers, educators are supported to explore gender inequality and identify their own biases and stereotypes and trained in best practices and provided with tools to be able to create more gender-equal classrooms and schools.

We are currently piloting and developing our methodology by designing and delivering workshops with teachers during their initial teacher training. We have worked with more than 70 teachers from Santiago, Chile, and 15 of these teachers come from 10 different countries in Latin America.