[place], [date]
PROJECT INFORMATION
for
Parents / Guardians
Subject: Project Information, CONVEY- Counteracting sexual violence and harassment: Engaging
Youth in schools in digital education on gender stereotyping
To whom it may concern,
The CONVEY team is inviting young people aged 14 to 18 years-old to participate in a group of
peer consultants to support the development of an online simulation game to educate and raiseawareness on gender stereotyping and sexualisation of women and men. The online simulation game will
be used as a tool to educate and contribute to change behaviour and attitudes of young people in relation
to violence, harassment and gender stereotyping.
This project is co-funded by the Rights, Equality & Citizenship Programme of the European Union
and it’s being implemented by organisations in 6 EU countries: CESIE (IT), The Smile of the Child (GR),
Hope for Children (CY), Sexual Violence Centre Cork (IE), Gender Alternatives (BG), Westminster City
Council (UK).
Each partner will select at least 15 young people to become peer consultants and contribute with
their perspective on gender stereotypes, sexual violence and harassment, to the development of the
online simulation game. The peer consultants will meet up to 6 times throughout a period of [x] months.
Firstly, peer consultants will provide inputs and feedback to the development of the online simulation
game. Then, peer consultants will participate in the testing of the tool.
The interactive game will allow young people to build themselves a story, through the choice of
interchangeable characters and paths of history. Whatever the combination chosen by young people, the
story will always contain some fixed elements, aiming at transferring to young people some of the
cognitive elements of the project and to raise awareness about the potential risks associated to gender
stereotyping and sexualisation of females and males.
If the child takes part, we will agree when and where to meet with [name] from [organisation].
The child does not have to take part if not wishing to do so.
If the child wants to participate he or she can still stop at any time without any need to say why.
The child doesn’t have to answer all the questions. If there is a question he or she does not want
to answer to, or an issue he or she does not what to discuss, this is fine.
We don’t expect anything to go wrong. We will talk to the child about what it will be all about
before we start.
If the child agrees to participate, answers will be recorded in written form or voice recorded and
stored electronically and protected by password. The child’s real name will not be revealed.
If the child tells us that someone else is being seriously hurt we will have to tell someone. We will
talk to [contact person] and they will talk it through with the child to work out what to do. She or he may
have to tell someone.
For further information on the project and its activities, please contact: [insert name, email, phone
of contact person]
Thank you for your collaboration.
Sincerely,
[Signature of organisation’s representative]