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Description

A range of activities to celebrate international women's day pulled from other resources

Can be linked to community impact badge activities if scouts pledge action as a result of session

Resources

1. Gender stereotypes
Resources pack print outs - https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/internationalwomensday/home/TeacherResourcePack-gender-stereotypes.pdf
Internet access to watch: “What if men and women switched for a day?” video - https://www.facebook.com/JungleVT/videos/2455688611239633/

2. Gender lightbulb moments
Resource pack - https://internationalwomensday.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/IWD-WorldAssociationofGirlGuidesandGirlScouts-ActivityPack.pdf
Card
something to attach card to wall
pens / felt tips

3. International women's day pot luck cards
Cards printed out - https://internationalwomensday.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/IWD-Classroom-Activity-Cards.pdf

Instructions

1. Gender stereotypes video
Work through resources pack activities:
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/internationalwomensday/home/TeacherResourcePack-gender-stereotypes.pdf
Task 1.
Split the class up in to small gender-based groups (groups of girls and groups of boys).
Each group should have a copy of Sheet 1.
Each group should consider the benefits of being the opposite gender to what they are and write them down, followed by the perceived disadvantages of being the opposite gender, writing those down too
Task 2.
Combine the groups so that they are now made up of mixed genders and ask each group to discuss their thoughts/ ideas and whether they are well-founded / accurate.
Task 3.
Show the “What if men and women switched for a day?” video:
https://www.facebook.com/JungleVT/videos/2455688611239633/
Task 4.
Use the following questions to start a group discussion:
- Which fact was the most shocking to you, and why?
- Which facts didn’t shock you, and why?
- How many of the things in the video are in line with your earlier thoughts and discussions?
- As young people heading into the world of work in the future, what can you do to help change things?

2. Gender lightbulb moments
https://internationalwomensday.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/IWD-WorldAssociationofGirlGuidesandGirlScouts-ActivityPack.pdf - there are more activities available in this worksheet!
Prepare large cards shaped like light bulbs for the participants to write on.
1. Discuss what a safe and brave space is and how we can create and keep a safe space in the group [definition of safe and brave space in Glossary].
2. Introduce the idea of a gender lightbulb moment - A “gender lightbulb moment” is a time you became aware of being treated differently because of your gender. For example, a girl not being allowed to play football, or a boy being told he shouldn’t play with dolls. It could be anything from the toys you were allowed to play with, having different rules for boys and girls, to feeling uncomfortable in a certain situation because of your gender.
3. Get into small groups and share your gender lightbulb moments. [definitions of gender, stereotype, and gender stereotypes in Glossary].
4. Write down your answers on a large piece of card shaped like a lightbulb then hang them up on a string for the other groups to read.
5. Go through the other groups’ answers and identify similar answers.
- How was the ‘gender lightbulb moment’ sharing? Did you have moments in common?
- How do these gender differences affect our everyday lives?
- What can we do about the issues we identified?

3. International women's day pot luck cards!
https://internationalwomensday.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/IWD-Classroom-Activity-Cards.pdf

Tags

• gender
• gender equality
• Women empowerment
• womens rights

Badge Links

• Community Impact - Identify
• Community Impact - Identify
• Community Impact - Identify
• Community Impact - Identify
• Global Issues - Rights
• World - Gender & Disabilities
• World - International issue