Act2Empower
Using drama education for prevention and recovery from gender-based violence among young women
Status: Active
- Project Code: 2025-2-DE04-KA210-YOU-000369099
- Category: Inclusion & Diversity
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Overview
Act2Empower is an Erasmus+ youth project that uses drama education, theatre, and creative expression to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) among young people. The project focuses on empowering young women, supporting survivors’ emotional recovery, and engaging young men as allies in promoting equality and non-violence.
Through workshops, participatory theatre methods, training activities, and a drama-based intervention toolkit, the project strengthens the skills of youth workers and creates inclusive, trauma-informed spaces for healing, dialogue, resilience, and social change across Europe.
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Objectives
- GO1: Empower young women through drama education to recognise and challenge gender-based violence (GBV), assert boundaries, and build personal agency.
- GO2: Support survivors’ emotional recovery through drama-based interventions that promote healing, emotional regulation, self-expression, and reconnection.
- GO3: Empower young men to become allies in GBV prevention and gender equality.
- GO4: Strengthen the capacity of youth professionals (youth workers, educators, therapists, theatre practitioners, etc.) to address GBV using drama-based and trauma-informed approaches.
- GO5: Build a cross-border network of youth, theatre, and social organisations to co-create and disseminate inclusive, non-clinical models for GBV prevention and recovery.
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Partners
| Partner Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| FrauFam Integration Center for Women and Families | Germany |
| EDINET Research & Development Ltd | Cyprus |
| Echo Playback Theatre | Greece |
