If I were the strongest person in the world...

Swedish and Serbian organizations RåFILM and Žene na delu, with the support of Swedish Institute, have conducted the project Girls and Boys: Gender&Culture in Serbia.
The aim of the project was to establish a creative environment within the educational system in Serbia, in which gender equality could be addressed to girls and boys in elementary school, using innovative techniques of storytelling and stop-motion animation. With this project we have also tackled the issue of peer violence in schools, which is a rising problem in Serbia.

Using the story of  Pippi the Longstock as postitive gender role model, we have inspired girls and boys from elementary school "Јоvan Cvijić" but also children from Svratište (Drop-in house for street children) to think about their position as girls/boys and also their relationship towards violence that often occurs in their environment. Together we have discussed various strategies for dealing with violence, as well as specific gender context of violence. At the end we have put every child in Pippi's shoes - the shoes of the strongest person in the world, and asked what would they do.

The results of that work are short movies made by children that we present on this DVD. You will see strongest persons that take care of those in need, teach, build houses for homeless, save planet by cleaning it or taking care of endangered species, or just organize parades and parties for friends :)

Partners in project:
Elementary School "Jovan Cvijić" - Belgrade
Svratište (Drop-in house for street children) - Belgrade

We would like to thank to our partners for their willingness to participate in this project, especially to classes III1 and III2 from the Elementary School "Jovan Cvijić" and their teachers, and all children and staff of Svratište.