Posts by Ines Azaiez
Defining the 4IGEPs: The four essential terms for transformative gender equality plans.
In sports higher education institutions, achieving gender equality is not just a goal but a necessity. Gender equality plans are crucial to triggering a transformative, institutional inclusive and sustainable change to sports. However, lack of explicit definitions sometimes hinders progress, leaving individuals and organisations without clear understanding and precise guidance. To address that, our team…
Read MoreHow to handle informal complaints about gender-based violence?
SUPPORTER partners are developing comprehensive Gender Equality Plans (GEPs), explicitly tackling gender-based violence and sexual harassment. While institutional policies and GEPs can effectively outline procedures for addressing formal complaints, a side challenge remains in effectively handling informal complaints. This blog highlights strategies to address informal complaints about gender-based violence shared during a recent webinar…
Read MoreA mapping of training materials and tools for institutional change towards gender equality
SUPPORTER has finalised a mapping of training materials and tools developed by EC-funded projects implementing institutional change towards gender equality, with a specific focus on training related to gender-based violence. This mapping was performed as a means of inspiration for the development of SUPPORTER’s training scheme. The review incorporates training and tools from 11 distinct…
Read MoreSport as a high-risk arena: Key problems within sports higher education and institutions
In SUPPORTER’s deliverable on Inclusive Gender+ Equality Policy and Practice in Sports Higher Education Institutions, partners from ORU provide a literature review identifying the state-of-the art on gender+ equality, gender-based violence and sports education institutions, and identifies key problems. Download the deliverable Key problems within sports education and institutions: While sports have historically championed ethical…
Read More#NoExcuse for Eliminating Violence against Women
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2023, sister projects AGRIPGEP, BUDGET-IT, NEXUS, and SUPPORTER , all funded by the European Union to develop innovative gender equality plans, are joining forces to raise awareness on gender-based violence. Leveraging the glossary recently developed by the UniSAFE project, the campaign…
Read MoreNew SUPPORTER deliverable: Inclusive gender equality policy and practice!
SUPPORTER has released its first deliverable aiming to outline the theoretical foundation of the project and to set the baseline of best policy and practices related to the implementation of gender equality and gender equality plans in sports higher education and universities. Download the deliverable First, the deliverable explores the research field itself and how…
Read MoreUniSafe final event
From policy to practice: Pathways to end gender-based violence in academia and research UniSafe is a sister project of SUPPORTER funded under Horizon 2020 that aims to support higher education, research organisations and policymakers in eradicating gender-based violence in the European academic and research area. Event details Date 21-22 November 2023 Place Namur, Belgium Target…
Read MoreINSPIRE Conference: Inclusive gender equality in R&I
Creating knowledge for systemic and sustainable structural change Inspire is a sister project of SUPPORTER funded under Horizon Europe, which seeks to become “Europe’s Centre of Excellence on inclusive gender equality in research and innovation” This will be mainly done through building knowledge around gender-equality plans. Event Details Date: 5-6 October 2023 Place: Budapest, Hungary…
Read MoreCALIPER / LeTSGEPs Joint final event
Inclusive research and innovation ecoysystem: A sustainable way forward for gender equality CALIPER and LeTSGEPs are two sister projects or initiatives related to SUPPORTER, and funded under the Horizon 2020 scheme. They seek to support the development and implementation of gender equality plans in various research-performing organisations and higher education institutions. As both projects are…
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