The workshop is a joint effort between various actors in the Seychelles, the Department of Language Studies, and the Department of Applied Educational Science at Umeå University. The aim is to explore and compare gender structures in the Seychelles and Sweden, with particular focus on education. The workshop is funded by the Faculty of Humanities at Umeå University, and the Wallenberg Foundation as part of the project C-RAVE. 
Time and location: 
Wednesday 6th of April, 2016.
9.00- 16.00 in UB341, (situated above the university library).
Morning sessions - General Gender Aspects

9.00-9.15: Introduction. A brief background description of collaborations between Umeå and the Seychelles and the context for this particular workshop. - Mats Deutschmann

9.15-9.45: C-RAVE - A cross-cultural look at (linguistic) stereotyping with the aim of developing methods for raising self-awareness of such issues among professionals (teachers, but also other groups working in the public sector). - Mats Deutschmann & Anders Steinvall

9.45-10.15: Seychelles 50-50 - Challenges in achieving gender equality.  - Mahrookh Pardiwalla

"Fika" (Coffee break)

10.30-11.00: “Courting Is Like Trading Horses, You Have to Keep Your Eyes Open”: Gender-Related Proverbs in a Peasant Society in Northern Sweden 
- Daniel Andersson

11.00-11.30: Looking at gender in the Seychelles from the outside - Impressions and experiences. - Florence Sisask 

11.30-12.00: General discussion and question time.
                                      
12.00-13.00: Lunch at Hjortron
                                     
Afternoon sessions - Gender in Education

13.00-14.00:  Gender Specificities of Education in a Small Island Developing State -  Mahrookh Pardiwalla, Annie Laurette & Justin Zelime

14.00-14.30:  Be a swot or a joker? - Language, gender and schoolwork norms: Identity negotiations in language practices among pupils in the Vehicle programme. - Katarina Kärnebro

"Fika" (Coffee break)

15.00 - 15.30:  Exploring gender through conflict-resolution ( in schools) - Agneta Lundström

15.30 - 16.00:  General discussion and question time.