Presentation of paper "Review of serious games to educate on gender equality" at Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM) conference in Salamanca (Spain), October, 2020.

1. Review of serious
games to educate
on gender equality
Alma Gloria Barrera Yañez, Cristina Alonso-Fernández,
Baltasar Fernández-Manjón
Complutense University of Madrid
Cristina Alonso-Fernández
calonsofernandez@ucm.es
@calonsofdez

2. Gender Equality
Multiple initiatives globally
Essential to educate since young ages
Serious Games: games to educate, raise awareness,
change attitude...

3. Videogames to educate on gender equality (i)
Consent
Teen dating violence
Bystanders and gaslighting

4. Videogames to educate on gender equality (ii)
Gender equality Gender violence
LGBT Other topics

5. The games reviewed can
contribute to educate and
raise awareness about
gender equality, but they
have some limitations
• Availability
• Platform restrictions
• Topics covered
• Lack of evidence about
their impact
A higher impact could be reached with multiplatform,
freely-accessible games that deal with several topics

6. Contributions to foster games on equality
Prototype of a serious game
Raise awareness and educate on
equality to 12-16 years old
Play in 1st person as a woman:
• Situations: home, school, social life
• Characters: family, friends, boyfriend
Topics: love is not control, women in
sports, stem, stereotypes, social control
https://www.e-ucm.es/es/portfolio-item/juego-igualdad/

7. Contributions to foster games on equality
Project in serious game course
Group of six female developers created a
serious game to:
• educate on equality and encourage
scientific careers
• create awareness about sexism in
different stages of educational life
• increase awareness among game
developers
https://github.com/Juegos-Serios/ProyectFinal

8. Thanks for
your attention!
Cristina Alonso-Fernández
calonsofernandez@ucm.es
@calonsofdez

9. Serious game gender equality: https://www.e-ucm.es/es/portfolio-item/juego-igualdad/
Serious game course project: https://github.com/Juegos-Serios/ProyectFinal
Full paper:
Alma Barrera, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón (2020):
Review of serious games to educate on gender equality. Technological Ecosystems
for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM), 21-23 October 2020, Salamanca (Spain)
accessible at:
http://pubman.e-ucm.es/drafts/e-UCM_draft_361.pdf
www.e-ucm.es