GenderSAFE

“Addressing gender-based violence will harm the university’s reputation.” In fact, the opposite is true. Institutions that act with transparency and accountability earn lasting trust from students, staff and society. Those that deny or minimise harm risk far greater reputational fallout. In this week’s #WeeklyDebunk, GenderSAFE explores how to reframe fear into leadership and how transparency strengthens institutional reputation. 👉 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/ePuxJsjw

How can institutions turn commitments to address gender-based violence into real change❓ While many institutions adopt policies against gender-based violence, too often they lack the structures, resources, or monitoring mechanisms to ensure these policies are effective in practice. GenderSAFE is soon launching its Institutional Assessment Tool, a practical resource to guide higher education and research institutions toward real, measurable change in addressing #GenderBasedViolence. Discover the tool and how it can support your organisation in creating lasting impact: 📅 26 November | 11:00 CET 🔗 Find out more and register: https://lnkd.in/eB4H943y

🎓 “Institutions should focus on education, not social issues like gender-based violence.” But what does academic excellence mean if students and staff don’t feel safe? #GenderBasedViolence can lead to higher absenteeism, drop-out and disengagement. Institutions that act see stronger retention, wellbeing and reputation. 💡 Read our latest #WeeklyDebunk article to learn why addressing gender-based violence is central to academic excellence, not separate from it: https://lnkd.in/e_fzTK3X

And it's a wrap! Heartfelt gratitude to all our CoP participants for setting time aside to participate in this second in-person meeting! and a big thanks to our partner NKC gender & science for hosting us! From risk screening as a means of prevention, to risk assessment as a means of protection, setting professional boundaries, or avoiding conflicts of interest, participants actively engaged in discussions to operationalise our baseline policy framework for addressing gender-based violence, and improve their own institutional policy! Such enthusiasm and eargerness to see institutional change happen, these two days have been inspiring to us all! 💫

💪 Sleeves up and ready to work! They’ve come from across Europe -professionals from diverse institutions, roles, and countries- all united by a shared goal: advancing comprehensive institutional policies to prevent and address gender-based violence in research and higher education. Today and tomorrow, members of #GenderSAFE’s Community of Practice are meeting in Prague to take stock of progress in operationalising the zero-tolerance policy framework. The discussions will span legal, intersectional, and geographical perspectives, and include voices from students and national authorities. Organisations that have already tested the framework will also share valuable feedback to help refine and strengthen it further. 📄 Your input matters! Feedback on the draft baseline policy is welcome beyond the CoP. 👉 Read the draft here and send us your comments! https://lnkd.in/emrMgMGJ #GenderSAFE #GenderEquality #HigherEducation #ZeroTolerance #CommunityOfPractice

❓Have you ever come across an institution resisting the need to address #GenderBasedViolence because they already have a policy in place? 👉 A #policy on paper isn’t enough. Without implementation and monitoring, it risks becoming a symbolic gesture rather than real protection. 🔎 Our latest #WeeklyDebunk article explores how institutions can move from policy to practice, turning formal commitments into everyday #accountability: https://lnkd.in/ehTFe3V9

We are thrilled to have our project showcased as a good practice under the ERA Action on gender equality and inclusiveness at the WIDERA Feedback to Policy workshop! Thank you Lut Mergaert from Yellow Window Policy Design for representing GenderSAFE in Brussels and bringing forward our message: turning evidence into policy and supporting institutions to address gender-based violence systemically is key to lasting institutional change.

Today, I was pleased to open the WIDERA Feedback-to-Policy workshop together with REA director @Marc Tachelet in front of a full room: project coordinators, ERA Forum members, research working party representatives and Programme Committee delegates. Throughout the day, more than 20 projects funded under #HorizonEurope WIDERA work programme presented how they are contributing to the achieving a true #EUResearchArea👩🔬 through concrete advancement on: 🚺 Gender equality 🧪 Open science 🎯 Centres of excellence 👥 Bringing science closer to citizens 🔬Researchers careers They are not only a vehicle to implement ERA, but a key source of evidence and information to shape current and future policies. But this is just the tip of the iceberg! You can discover more projects' results here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9D53gFd Let's keep working together to achieve a true Fifth freedom for the European single market and to build a fair and prosperous future for research & innovation! #ChooseEurope Special thanks to my team: Joerg Niehoff Francesca Cervelli Kaia Kert Adeline Kroll Nada Sirotić working hand in hand with REA colleagues Minna Wilkki Michele Galatola Federica Roffi and all speakers from the WIDERA projects European Research Executive Agency (REA) Marc Tachelet Jean-David Malo GenderSAFE FutuResilience SECURE2 FinEst Centre for Smart Cities AIOLIA | Horizon Europe Project IP4OS

"If gender-based violence were a real issue, people would report it"... Is this so? ⚠️ The UniSAFE survey found that only 13% of victims/survivors reported their experience of #GenderBasedViolence. The most common reasons for not reporting included fear of retaliation, concerns about confidentiality, uncertainty about procedures and the belief that nothing would change. Low reporting is often a systemic issue, while high reporting levels may in fact be a sign of trust in the system and not of increased incidence. 👉 In our new #WeeklyDebunk article, GenderSAFE shows how to reframe this resistance into a call for trust, transparency and responsibility: https://lnkd.in/ewQnGTV7