The Gender School project is based on cooperation among several influential figures in society. Gender-equality issues shall not only be about women and their adaptation within male structures, but should also be a joint issue at all of our workplaces. Gender School should concern everyone within the labour market, particularly in the Darlarna region.



The County Council is the county's largest employer and beneficiary of the support provided by the project. It runs its own subprojects and maintains an important position as an influencer of attitudes in the region.
"One important part of our job is to enhance people's knowledge about equal opportunities so that we can develop these issues in the long-term and ideally serve as a model in our capacity as employer."



A regional resource centre for concepts and skills development for women in the Dalarna region. Overall coordinator of the project. Maintains contact with other Equal projects and coordinates the trans national partnership.
"We view this as a unique opportunity to develop gender from a regional and European perspective. We hope to be able to develop a Gender School that many people can benefit from both regionally and nationally."



Principal figure in the county’s labour market with considerable dissemination power at various levels in society, and able to act as an influencing factor via the county’s job centres.
“We also hope to have the opportunity to test new models when recruiting men to female-dominated workplaces, and vice-versa. We expect the gender perspective to be given a clear place in the growth process of the region.”



A government authority that endeavours to provide citizens and industry with every opportunity to implement transportation in an efficient, secure and environmentally appropriate manner. Will be studying professional criteria for men and women who have the same education. Assists with the development of new models for leadership training with a gender perspective.
“We would like to show that we are at the cutting edge regarding the gender perspective – not least in leadership training and career planning.”



A private company working with personal assistance for children, young people and adults with disabilities.
"Overcoming gender restraints is a field that interests us a lot. How do we persuade more men to take on jobs as personal assistants? Our knowledge of disabilities and, not least, leadership by women with disabilities will be of great benefit to the project.”



A central organisation for professional employees. Provides the project with a trade union perspective. This is needed in order to bring about change in the manner the labour market is apportioned according to gender.
"Our job includes helping to pass on awareness of equal opportunities at work. We will benefit from the experiences of the other parties involved, and then forward interesting results to our members and other trade-union organisations.”