Gender and the Union

The 3rd episode of the Gender & the Union podcast invites Amanda from Sweden, to discuss how sexuality education can be a way to create a society free from sexism and discrimination with the Member of the European Commissioner on Equality, Helena Dalli, who is in charge of strengthening Europe’s commitment to inclusion and equality in all of its senses, irrespective of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.Amanda is a Sexual and Reproductive rights advocate located in Sweden.

The 2nd episode of the Gender & the Union podcast invites Luize, 22 years old from Latvia, to discuss how sexuality education can be a way to prevent gender inequalities and violence against women & girls with the Member of the European Parliament, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, who authored the first European Parliament report specifically dedicated to sexual and reproductive health and rights.Luize is 22 and works in the Latvian Association for Family Planning & Sexual Health.

The 1st episode of the Gender & the Union podcast invites Susan, youth activist, to discuss the prevention of violence through education and dismantling harmful gender norms/stereotypes with the President of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality Portugues Commission from Portugal, Sandra Ribeiro.Susan is 24 and a mother of one and a member of the Estonian Sexual Health Association. She gives relationship and sexuality education courses and is a moderator in theatre-based workshops where boys and girls who participate literally walk in one another's shoes to help challenge and dismantle 'gender roles' – as part of the project Youth SpectActors. She is also an actor in a sex positive play called “Kuidas öelda jah” (How to say Yes) which is a project put together from real dialogues of young people about sex, sexuality and everything that comes with it.