Gender Equity and Reconciliation Workshop: Healing the Gender Divides

Gender Equity and Reconciliation International (GERI) is holding a powerful, experiential workshop on transforming gender relations from 21-23 September at its centre near Tavira, southern Portugal. Using the unique approach of Gender Equity and Reconciliation (GER), this three-day workshop will bring together participants including from the fields of peacebuilding and mediation.

The GER approach is groundbreaking and participatory: it creates a platform for the sharing of personal stories and gender journeys among participants to transform the very roots of patriarchy in a way that reaches far beyond an ordinary workshop. The process provides a rare forum to jointly confront the personal, social,  historical, and cross-cultural origins of gender oppression and exploitation, and to reach mutual healing and understanding. Men are strongly encouraged and welcomed into Gender Equity and Reconciliation work, which involves no “male-bashing”, but instead inspires men to take part joyfully in dismantling patriarchy in society, for the benefit of all humans. All sexual orientations and gender identities are welcome. 

Participants will be invited to share stories and participate in other experiential activities within a carefully-facilitated environment. This process delivers insights that contribute directly to shifting gender relations. New relational skills and a culture of deep respect and integrity between the genders are fostered, fuelled by heightened mutual awareness of the gender conditioning experienced in our societies.