“Challenge My Story” is a project that aims to explore differences and similarities in challenges that young men and women in Jordan face in relation to gender-related topics such as discrimination, harassment and physical or mental abuse. Through the empowering method of Digital Storytelling, the project encourages debate on gender equality and gender roles in the Jordanian society. In this way, the production of digitalised personal stories becomes an incubator for debate as the stories convey opportunities as well as barriers which young Jordanian women and men face.

1. Visual Methods Conference, September 2015
Digital Storytelling for Empowering
Digitally Excluded Groups

2. - Berkeley University
DUSTY & StoryCenter.org
- Training & Workshops
- International & local projects
- Projects: Youth at Risk, Community Building,
Social Change, Education ...
Our Story

3. What we do?
2007…Oakland, USA
2008…Denmark
2009...Iceland
2010…Sweden
2011...Greenland
2012...The Faroe Islands
2013...UK, Romania, Finland, Slovenia,
Portugal, Spain
2014-15...Palestine, Jordan
2016...Marocco & Libanon
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4. Areas
Teaching and facilitation in new media & storytelling
Documentation & research
Culture and history of preservation
Video production & methods
Participation and observation
Self Development
Local memory & civic planning
Social Innovation
User research
Human Rights
Community building projects
Creativity & Innovation

5. ”SHOUT OUT”
- Campaign – Amnesty International
- To raise awareness of human rights
- Give a voice to refugees
- Learning to use visual storytelling
for communication
- To connect to danish society

6. “Challenge My Story” is a project that aims to explore
differences and similarities in challenges that young men and
women in Jordan face in relation to gender-related topics. With the
use of digital storytelling they explore and debate life experiences
and challenges they face in the Jordanian society

7. QuestionsSociety
- Describe a situation or experience you have had with direct and indirect discrimination as a
man/women either at your work, home, education, city, sports activities or travel?
Future
- Have gender roles changed much in your lifetime? How?
- What do you think men’s and women’s roles will be in the future at home, in the workplace, in the
community, and in state? How will these roles be different from today?
- If you could change anything in your life, what would you change?
Life:
- Who do you think has life easier, girls or guys? Why? Have you experienced it?
- Do you see yourself as a typical man/woman? Why or why not?
- Is it considered more important for one gender to get an education?
Family:
- Who is regarded as the head of the family?
- Should boys and girls be brought up differently? Why?
- As a child and now young person who do you go to for emotional support? For financial support?
- Is there different expectations for you and your sister/brothers ?

8. Empowerment
Lambert, Joe. (2014).

11. Join Us!
Visit us at: Challengemystory.com
Digitalstorylab.com
Facebook/challengemystory
@digitalstorylab

12. Storytelling
”When did you first experience
being gendered?”