The DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) has been implementing the “GenderED Coalition: A cross-country coalition against gender disinformation for equitable societies” European project, as the Greek partner, with the ultimate goal of informing and empowering social media users, so as to recognize and respond to gender disinformation and gender-based discrimination.
Within this framework, DAISSy-HOU contributes to the implementation of awareness activities by emphasizing on raising public sensitization through targeted actions that spark interest and challenge complacency. Within this regard, a key initiative was the Citizen Hackathon, successfully held in September 2024 in Perugia (Italy), that brought together fifty (50) young activists from across Europe, whose dynamic interaction, led to empowering narratives and ideas for awareness initiatives.
Furthermore, DAISSy-HOU successfully gained the support of the campaign by highly respected professionals in Greece, namely (and in alphabetical order) Anastasia Giamali (journalist, radio producer, and TV presenter), Katerina Sergidou (journalist and translator), Vasilis Thanopoulos (journalist and editor-in-chief of Antivirus magazine), and Athina Tsagkaraki (screenwriter). They responded positively and enthusiastically to DAISSy-HOU’s invitation, acknowledging the importance of the initiative, and the Research Group is deeply thankful for their support. The campaigns’ impact has been remarkable, since total views on Instagram and TikTok have already surpassed 4.7 million and 1.1 million, respectively.
►Detailed information about the awareness campaign of the GenderED Coalition project, and the role of the DAISSy-HOU, is available at the attached press release
►For more information about the GenderED Coalition project, and other activities of DAISSy-HOU:
- Websites: http://daissy.eap.gr/en, and https://www.genderedcoalition.net/
- Facebook: @DAISSyResearchGroup, @GenderedCoalitionProject
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daissyresearchgroup/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gendered-project/
- Instagram: @daissy_researchgroup, @GenderedCoalitionInsta
- Email: info@daissy.eap.gr
