Gender Equality Festival® 2024 | 19th edition
Dare!
Gender Equality Festival® 2024, 19th edition – Dare! to take action.
Any right can be lost when no one defends it…
Women’s rights are human rights and, this year, at the Gender Equality Festival, we dare to highlight the fragility of these hard-won rights, achieved only in the last hundred years. How much do you know about all the efforts made by many different women, from all corners of the world, over many years, sometimes across generations? Did you know that these rights, such as the right to live free from violence and the right to health, have benefited not only women but also their communities and society as a whole? What if your right to make decisions about your own life was taken away? How would society be affected if we returned to a dictatorial regime?
Dare! to join us at this edition of the festival, from October 30th to November 2nd, where, through debates, workshops, and civic actions, we will discover together how each of us can contribute to positive change and the preservation of the rights we enjoy today – rights that thousands of women, whose names we don’t even know, fought for.
Below you can find the detailed program:
October 30 | Wednesday
13:00 | A.L.E.G. Equal rights at Ziarul Orizontal
📍The outer wall of TNRS, Sibiu
17:00 – 19:00 | What does harassment look like for GenZ?
Collage workshop in collaboration with RaColaj
📍 Calea Surii Mici no. 39, Sibiu (Art & Fun Workshop)
*Sign up here
20:00 | MO
ESTE Film screening and debate
📍ESTE Film, “Ion Besoiu” Cultural Center, Sibiu
*Free entry by booking here
October 31 | Thursday
14:00 – 18:00 | What do you do when you can’t choose safely?
An immersive experience about access to abortion in Romania
📍 Sibiu
*by invitation
19:00 – 20:00 | Paper dreams
Forum theater show
📍The Gong Theater for Children and Youth, Sibiu
* based on reservation via the form here, not recommended for people under 14 years old
November 01 | Friday
10:00 – 14:00 | What do you do when you can’t choose safely?
An immersive experience about access to abortion in Romania
📍 Sibiu
*by invitation
17:00 – 19:00 | Născuți la comandă. Decrețeii.
Film screening and discussion about the history of activism for access to health
📍 Habitus Cultural Center, Sibiu
*by reservation here, not recommended for people under 16 years old
November 02| Saturday
11:00 – 13:00 | The Living Library: Dare!
📍 Sibiu Promenade
*registration here
The Gender Equality Festival® is an awareness campaign primarily aimed at young people, helping them to become familiar with concepts such as human rights and women’s rights, and to see beyond stereotypes and prejudices.
The Gender Equality Festival® is organized by A.L.E.G. Association. This year’s partners include Gong Theatre for Children and Youth, ESTE Film Festival, Racolaj, Cărturești Sibiu and Promenada Sibiu. The activities are made possible through financial support from the Center for Reproductive Rights.
The Gender Equality Festival® is an event organized by the A.L.E.G. Association. The partners of this year’s edition are the Center for Reproductive Rights, British Embassy Bucharest, Gong Theater Sibiu, ESTE Film Festival, Promenada Sibiu, Radu Stanca National Theater in Sibiu, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Carturesti Sibiu, Racolaj.
This year’s sponsor of the festival is Simpa.
This year’s program will feature film screenings, workshops, discussions and debates, as well as a book launch. Stay tuned – we’ll be back with the detailed schedule soon!
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The story behind this year’s poster stems from all the women who have dared to claim and defend their rights, to fight against injustices in Romania. Women of different ages, ethnicities, beliefs, statuses, and social classes who have left, and continue to leave, their mark on our society. Women who have faced and still face prejudice and inequality, standing strong in difficult situations. Women who lost their lives due to a lack of access to reproductive health services. Women who are alive today because they found an alternative. A long line of women, starting in the past and continuing into the present, reaching you, to give you courage.
