The "Stories by the Window (of the world)", built by the senior citizens who collaborated in the "Dating by the Window (of the world)" project, are now available.
An exhibition and campaign to deconstruct the prejudices associated with ageing, challenging the infantilization and invisibility of older people. It shows the value of these women who have overcome difficulties and discrimination all their lives – with portraits of the participants and the messages they worked on during the participatory sessions.
Let's date at the Window (of the world)?
4Change, APF, the LIGA Foundation and Klapt Produções have teamed up to boost the social and digital inclusion of senior citizens in Casalinho da Ajuda, a priority intervention area for Lisbon City Council.
How?
By increasing media literacy as part of a full and safe experience of sexuality.
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the senior population in the Ajuda territory with few technological skills has become even more isolated and fragile. The lack of access is compounded by the lack of basic skills for inclusion in the digital society, making them a group vulnerable to populism and misinformation – and even to virtual fraud, not only financial but also affective and sexual.
The literacy needed for social inclusion requires the development of new skills, self-esteem and the recognition of the rights of older people. One of these rights is that of an emotional life and sexual experience, which institutions and society have a duty to ensure and which does not end with age.
As everyone moves towards ageing, it is of common benefit to guarantee the right to choice, to self-determination, in a field as vital as the right to experience sexuality and affection, to the senior population.
This project contributes to the promotion of positive ageing by promoting and validating the skills of older people and the professional community that works with this population.
Materials
This is a section that will be updated as the project progresses and is replicated. Here you’ll find Fact Sheets to support digital literacy, which complement the video tutorials. Photographs, videos presenting the project and everything that is being built for the ‘Dating at the window (of the world)’ campaign.
The YouTube channel will also be enriched with what is being built with the senior population.
Training
The technical, professional and volunteer community that works directly with the senior population is, in addition to the family, the first line where the right to privacy, intimacy and autonomy can be ensured and enriched. The certified training has been taught and is now ready to be replicated and adapted to other contexts. Contact us.
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