The Åland Islands Peace Institute conducts projects and research into peace and conflict issues in a broadly defined sense from the vantage-point of Åland and the special status that Åland enjoys under international law. The institute focuses on security, autonomy and minorities.
Café Bönan receives Kyrgyzstan as a guest country in its multicultural café. Last Friday 27 th of August people could know a little more about that country, where it is located, their political situation, their traditions and their food.
ÅIPI meeting with Baltic Sea Parliamentarians
On 29th to 31st of August a Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) was held on Åland. Representatives for the Working Group on Civil Security with special focus on human trafficking visited the Åland Islands Peace Institute for information on the project Challenging Gender Roles for Prevention of Trafficking.
The Peace Institute Director, Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, gave a speech in the plenary session, under the heading 'The Baltic Sea Region as an Area of Peace and Security'. The speech in pdf can be downloaded here.
What is equality?
TREAT YOURSELF
Why is it almost always men who buy and women who sell sex? Why is it most often women who are victims for sexual slavery? Is it the women's own fault? Are women so stingy with sex that some men have to pay or force women to have sex? Do men have incredibly strong sexual urges which they cannot control? Are women obliged to satisfy such urges? Do women mean yes even if they say no?
Is it OK to buy sex? Why do men buy sex? Why do men who already have a partner buy sex from others? Is it about power? Do men feel like they do poor women a favour if they pay for using their bodies? Do some women want to sell sex? Why do so few men want to sell sex? Why do so few women want to buy sex?
Why do some men think they have the right to force, transport, and sell women and their bodies? Are women considered lower than men, and therefore to be treated like goods for trade?
This ad is a part of an information campaign within the project Challenging gender roles for prevention of trafficking. More information about the project can be found here.
The authors alone are responsible for the content of this website. The Central Baltic interreg IVA programme cannot be held responsible for the contents.
What is equality?
NOT TONIGHT HONEY, I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT
Do men have stronger sexual desires than women? Or are differences individual? Can a man be uninterested of sex? Can a woman be very interested in sex?
Is it OK to demand sex if the other person doesn't want it? Can women demand sex? Can men? Is it the man or the woman who takes the initiative to sex? Who should be active and who should be passive?
Are women categorized as whores or madonnas = those who have or have had many men, and those who only have one? Are men categorized in the same ways? What are men called who have or have had many sex partners? Are they sluts or whores? Is "womanizer", "Don Juan" or "player" positive or negative expressions?
Are there any positive words for women who get men easily and often?
This ad is a part of an information campaign within the project Challenging gender roles for prevention of trafficking. More information about the project can be found here.
The authors alone are responsible for the content of this website. The Central Baltic interreg IVA programme cannot be held responsible for the contents.
What is equality?
TODAY: WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
Should salaries depend on gender? Do women have to be more "masculine" in order to earn more? Are women to blame themselves if choosing low-paid jobs? Do women have to abandon traditionally female professions in order to get higher salaries? Who should then take care of service and care for elderly, ill, and children? Would it be smarter to pay more for "female" professions? Do "male" professions have higher status than "female" ones?
What happens with salaries if women enter "male" professions? When women enter "male" professions, do they have to adjust to a "masculine" culture, or can they bring their "feminine" qualities and change the structure?
This ad is a part of an information campaign within the project Challenging gender roles for prevention of trafficking. More information about the project can be found here.
The authors alone are responsible for the content of this website. The Central Baltic interreg IVA programme cannot be held responsible for the contents.
Café Bönan receives Kyrgyzstan as a guest country in its multicultural café. Last Friday 27 th of August people could know a little more about that country, where it is located, their political situation, their traditions and their food.
