{"id":41683,"date":"2026-01-16T08:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sineglossa.it\/?p=41683"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:25:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:25:57","slug":"educational-resources-to-tackle-the-gender-gap-in-gaming-are-now-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sineglossa.it\/en\/news-en\/educational-resources-to-tackle-the-gender-gap-in-gaming-are-now-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Educational resources to tackle the gender gap in gaming are now online"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The gaming sector involves millions of people across Europe and worldwide, yet it continues to show strong gender imbalances, especially in education and professional pathways.<\/span>
<\/span> Mapping the current situation and making it visible and measurable was the first step of <\/span>NuGamers<\/span><\/a>, the Erasmus+ project co-funded by the European Union, in which Sineglossa is a partner alongside Futuregames (Sweden), All Digital (Belgium), XAMK South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Finland), and Algebra University College (Croatia).<\/span><\/p>

The project began by listening directly to female students in secondary schools, participants in vocational education and training (VET) pathways, and young developers at the start of their careers. In the <\/span>focus groups<\/b> organised by the partner organisations, participants shared their routes of entry into the gaming world, the stereotypes they encountered, and the hostile behaviours often present in online gaming communities and within the industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Their <\/span>experiences <\/b>contributed to the creation of a <\/span>Factsheet<\/span><\/a> on <\/span>gender bias<\/b> in game development education, which maps <\/span>obstacles, motivating factors and risks<\/b>, while also putting forward <\/span>key recommendations<\/b> for schools, vocational training providers and higher education institutions.<\/span><\/p>

While <\/span>women <\/b>represent a significant portion of the gaming community (46.7%), they <\/span>remain heavily underrepresented in game development courses and in the industry<\/b>: only a minority of people studying or working in the sector are women or gender-diverse individuals (23.7%).<\/span>
<\/span> This gap is driven not only by <\/span>persistent stereotypes<\/b>, but also by a <\/span>lack of role models, exclusionary language and imaginaries, environments perceived as hostile<\/b>, and educational pathways that struggle to translate equity goals into concrete actions.<\/span><\/p>

Sticking to the same focus on listening, NuGamers also created a <\/span>Podcast<\/span><\/a>, which directly gathers the voices of women who study or work in the videogame sector, alongside those of educators and professionals who are rethinking how careers in this field are told and taught.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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