1. Me Tarzan, You Jane Me Tarzan, You Jane eTwinning and Comenius project ( October 2007 until July 2009) eTwinning and Comenius project ( October 2007 until July 2009) eTwinning: communication between the project partners eTwinning: communication between the project partners -Comenius: mobilities funded by the Education and Culture Lifelong learning programme within the European Union

2. Malta Germany SwedenSpain

3. Partner schools students aged 14 -16

4. Aims of the project  understand the concept of Gender Equality.  eliminate gender stereotyping among the students  promote positive attitudes towards gender differences.  improve language and ICT skills  experience different cultures

5. Communication using eTwinning tools  g g g getting to know each other: - by sharing information about our institutions and regions - exchanging mails between all partner students registered as members of this project  c c c contact between partners - forum: making announcements, discussing problems and preparing meetings - chats: especially before meetings - files: sharing results, links to project website

6. 5 Domains During this partnership we tackled five different domains: During this partnership we tackled five different domains: - Home and Childcare - Home and Childcare - Employment - Employment - Education - Education - Leisure and Hobbies - Leisure and Hobbies -Media and Entertainment. -Media and Entertainment. Through the project activities we looked at how attitudes have changed over the 2 years also comparing and contrasting different practices across the four different countries. Through the project activities we looked at how attitudes have changed over the 2 years also comparing and contrasting different practices across the four different countries.

7. Home and Childcare  We asked our grandparents and parents about their opinion on housewives and working mothers. We also interviewed men to see what they think about working women and whether they think they should help with the housework and childcare.  During our visit to Germany in March 2008, after having presented our results in role-plays, we worked together and discussed some important points related to this topic. In conclusion, it was decided that everybody should promote the idea of gender equality among families and friends and also make sure to have a good attitude towards gender equality when growing up and having own families.

8. Employment  We analysed the opportunities that exist for males and females in each of the participating country.  We then moved on to find out whether there is any difference between salaries of males and females doing the same jobs and it transpired that in many countries women are still paid less, even if they are in the same position as men.  Each participating country interviewed a male and a female police officer to find out how it is to be a woman in a male dominated job and also to establish how men feel about women doing this type of job.  The results from each country were presented in power points during a visit in Sweden between the 1st and the 4th June, 2008.After that the students worked in groups to discuss related issues.

9. Education  We dealt with the following topics: - Opportunities for boys and girls - Choice of subjects - Performance in typically male/female school subjects’ exams  We examined results of an attitude questionnaire based on attitude questionnaire based on boys’ and girls’ attitudes towards boys’ and girls’ attitudes towards mathematics mathematics Diagrams were shared in the twinspace and exhibited in each school. Diagrams were shared in the twinspace and exhibited in each school.

10. Leisure  We looked at the most popular leisure activities among boys and girls nowadays and in yester years.  Various results were presented and analysed in Spain in March 2009. Students had the opportunity to work together and give their opinions about leisure activities in their country.

11. Media and Entertainment  Students analyzed the following and presented their results during an Open Day at the meeting in Malta in May 2009 –Newspaper adverts for gender sensitivity or stereotyping –The film ‘Billy Eliot’ –The song ‘If I were a boy’ –The short story ‘The way up to heaven’ by Roald Dahl  Students were made aware of how the media produces and reinforces gender stereotypes

12. Learning Outcome  The learning outcomes of the project are presented on the project website: www.genderequality.eu.com and project website: www.genderequality.eu.com andwww.genderequality.eu.com eTwinningwebsite: http://my.twinspace.etwinning.net/metarzanyouj ane?l=en eTwinningwebsite: http://my.twinspace.etwinning.net/metarzanyouj ane?l=en http://my.twinspace.etwinning.net/metarzanyouj ane?l=en http://my.twinspace.etwinning.net/metarzanyouj ane?l=en  in an educational CD/DVD which was launched at the end of the project ( Students are presenting their findings and also making their own suggestions based on conclusions made throughout the project) The positive change of students` attitudes was obvious after the evaluation of two questionnaires ( beginning and end of the project). The positive change of students` attitudes was obvious after the evaluation of two questionnaires ( beginning and end of the project).

13. Thank you.