Day 3

On the third day of the program three different activities were held:

·     Discrimination and gender equality

·      Intercultural learning workshop

·      Workshops: disability and cultural diversity.

 Discrimination and gender equality

The activity was a game.  Each participant had his/her social status. During the game, participants had different reactions, like smiling or showing negative emotions.

The aim of the game was to show people`s relationship with each other, stereotypes and stigmas.

 Conclusion: The game highlighted the feelings of a discriminated person.

Intercultural learning workshop    

On this workshop each participant was required to fill up the cultural iceberg picture with easily observable characteristics and the deeper and broader components of a culture. Afterwards, 5 groups, each consisting with the members of the same nationality, made a presentation describing their own culture, emphasizing on their traditions, habits, attitudes and values.

Conclusion:  The participants learned more about cultural differences and discovered common things in completely different backgrounds. Outcome of this workshop was the broaden understanding of a cultural phenomenon.

Workshops: Azerbaijan and Ukraine

-          Workshop Azerbaijan: “People with Disability”

During the workshop were played 2 games having like main objective to empathize with people with disabilities.

The aim of the game was to feel the difficulties that a blind person or a person without a hand has to face in a daily life.

Conclusion: A person with disabilities has more difficult life and he/she needs to be helped in order to be integrated in a society.

  -  Workshop Ukraine: “Cultural Diversity”

         

Thought this workshop, Ukrainian team tried to highlight the problems of a minority in the relation with majority.

In order to arrive at a conclusion, they involved all the participants in a game.

Conclusion: Everyone has to be equal, no matter if it is majority or minority.