The Youth Sector, the EYF and gender


The youth sector, the EYF and gender
The Youth Department has been integrating for many years a gender dimension in its policy, educational approaches and practices through the European Youth Centres and the European Youth Foundation.
The main gender issues addressed within the Youth Programme:
- gender-based violence and trafficking;
- sexual and reproductive rights;
- sexual orientation and gender identity;
- combating discrimination against women, including misogyny and sexism – including in social media. The No Hate Speech Movement team and the Gender Equality Division jointly organised a seminar Combating Sexist Hate Speech, on 10-12 February 2016;
- heteronormativity and discrimination of “invisible” groups such as intersex (the Gender Matters manual is a helpful resource when addressing heteronormativity and gender identity);
- combating discrimination and homophobia.
Gender is also part of the major projects of the Youth Sector:
- The Enter! Recommendation integrates the gender dimension;
- Roma Youth Action Plan (addresses multiple discrimination issue);
- No Hate Speech Movement campaign (specific action days concerning homophobia, misogynist attitudes and sexism: 8 March on sexist hate speech, 22 July on hate crime, and 10 December on Human Rights online).
The European Youth Foundation promotes the integration of a “gender perspective” in the activities it supports run by non-governmental youth organisations, contributing to the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy (Objective 5: “Achieving Gender Mainstreaming in all policies and measures”) and the Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity.




Grant beneficiaries must
- use the Council of Europe logo* and the visual identity of the EYF on any publication, material, website
- mention the support of the EYF
- print the EYF posters and use them in the venue during their activities