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Social Inequality Challenge 2023

Gender Equality projects

During Grand Challenges Week, students worked on a group project to address an aspect of their Challenge. As part of their project, students created outputs including podcasts, social media campaigns, websites and apps and so much more. The projects that the students produced in the Social Inequality Challenge are shown below.

In this section, you'll find some examples of outputs produced by participants of the Gender Equality challenge in previous years. 

2021: The Real Minimum

A campaign to raise the minimum wage to the actual living wage for all ages

 

2021: Catch Up Club

Homework club for students who have been disadvantaged by the pandemic

 

 

2021: Plant Your Future

A website to make information accessible for low-income students to encourage them to attend the university

2021: wereutipsy

Campaign and survey about victim blaming. 

2021: Conscientious Aid Project

Website for start-ups and charities to help overcome inequalities when administering humanitarian aid

2021: It-Girl to Girl-Boss

Blog exploring the misrepresentation of women in film 1930-2020

2021: SAFESEXE

An app and website to unlearn patriarchal behaviour and educate on consent

2021: Insulearn

Tackling global health inequalities, specifically for diabetes  

2021: Pinnexe

An app for Uni students to map instances of sexual violence around Exeter and plot safer routes to take

 

2021: Campaign for Climate Migrants

Educating youths about why there are climate migrants and what we can do to help them

Equal Eye

This group conducted research about gendered language in secondary schools and sports culture.

 

Consexual

'Consexual' created a presentation about the failings in current sex and relationships education.

gender.memequality

This group researched the role of social media and meme culture in education about gender inequality.

Dear Director

Click here to read the Dear Director zine challenging gender stereotyping in Hollywood

 

Men and Mental Health

This group researched attitudes towards mental health amongst males, and made suggestions for how to improve treatment rates.

Recognise RED

This Grand Challenges initiative went on to become a Guild-endorsed campaign aiming to raise awareness and reduce the incidence of sexual harassment.

Challenging the gender binary in university sports culture

‌This group researched the role of gender in sports culture at the University of Exeter. Click here to read their report.