GENDERACTIONplus
Gender-based violence and harassment resides throughout the European Research Area, ERA. Two out of three students and staff have experienced some form of gender-based violence, according to recent research. The consequences are severe for individuals, groups, institutions, and not the least for the quality of research and education.
Therefore, developing measures and strategies eradicating gender-based violence is a main priority for the European Research Area, and a pertinent focus in the GENDERACTIONplus project.
Within the framework of the project the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research will coordinate policy development on gender-based violence and harassment in the European Research Area. This is done through collecting relevant research and analysing policy in EU Member States.
We collect and analyse useful preventive measures for research funding organisations, and also enhance commitment on a national level by developing a template for a zero-tolerance policy on gender-based violence and harassment. Several planned activities include for example mutual learning exercises for communities of practice in GENDERACTIONplus, as well as targeted workshops strengthening citizen engagement.
Our activities
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Benchmark the current state of research and policy development on gender-based violence and harassment in the European Research Area
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Analyse and disseminate ongoing and planned activities among research funding organisations, targeting preventive measures on gender-based violence and harassment in national contexts
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Develop a zero-tolerance policy on gender-based violence and harassment for research funding organisations and national authorities
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Improve capacities, competence and expertise on gender-based violence and harassment for stakeholders in the European Research Area
Reports delivered
The following reports have been delivered within the project and can be downloaded below:
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Benchmark report on gender-based violence and harassment targeting national authorities and research funding organisations
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Baseline document on current and future preventive measures for research funding organisations
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An online template for a zero-tolerance policy on gender-based violence and harassment for research funding organisations and national authorities
We cooperate with:
Actors with commissions on different tasks within the project, Ministries of Education and national research funds in the EU member countries, national Research Funding Organizations, Sofia Strid, researcher at the Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg
External websites
- Results from the largest European survey on gender-based violence in academia (External link)
- GENDERACTIONplus (External link)
- ERA, European Research Area (External link)
- Sofia Stridh, Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenbur… (External link)
- News about the project (External link)
Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment Perspectives from the Nordic Region
Publications on the subject
Re-imagining Sexual Harassment – Perspectives from the Nordic Region
(link to the publication at Policy Press)
Authors: Sumaya Jirde Ali, Silas Aliki, Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir, Elin Bjarnegård, Dolores Calvo, Paulina de los Reyes, Åsa Eldén, Anne Hellum, Anne Laure Humbert, Mads Ananda Lodahl, Silje Lundgren, Maja Lundqvist, Heta Mulari, Angelica Simonsson, Lea Skewes, Sigbjørn Skåden, Sofia Strid and Kajsa Widegren (2023)
Editors: Maja Lundqvist, Angelica Simonsson och Kajsa Widegren.
The book is available in bookstores and via the publisher Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press, and OpenAcess.
