Activity dates:15-24/6/2012Where:Vrnjacka banja/SerbiaPartner countries: RS, MK, BA, AL, TR, PL, ES, IT, DEHost organization:NGO"THE WORLD OF WORDS" GIVE ME 5 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME is YE which participates 46 participants from 9 countriesThe problem of violence-encompassing anything from domestic abuse to violence defining relations between entire groups,communities and nations,stems largely from an ill-adopted gender- and sex pattern during the process of socialisation.It is at this point that a division occurs,separating ‘the strong’ from ‘the weak’,torturers from the tortured, ‘the superior’ from ‘the inferior’.Among those worst afflicted by this are girls,subject to all forms of gender stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination.Young people of adolescent age,inhibited by their bodily urges,their developing sexuality, and the rigid demands from within their surroundings,shape their personalities in such a way that a proneness to conflict,intolerance and misogyny become established forms of their everyday dealings.Hence,preventive action at this particular age proves conducive to mitigating tensions in interpersonal relations,to promoting tolerance and peace.The project is intended for informing young people in 9 countries on the subject of gender-based violence.The project aims at raising the awareness of gender-based violence and gender equality through informing and instructing with a view to eliminating any such violence.The project itself is meant to motivate young people into assuming an active role in bringing about changes in their own surroundings, and to inspire creative action so as to bring the issue of gender inequality to the attention of respective local communities.We are planning to gather together in one place, in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, young people from 9 countries in order to arrange for and stage a performance simulating all manner of gender-based violence, provid¬ing striking examples of gender inequality.