From policy to practice:
Pathways to end gender-based violence
in academia and research

University of Namur, Belgium

Faculty of Law | 5 rempart de la Vierge – 5000 Namur

21 November | 12:30 – 18:00 | auditorium D11

22 November | 8:30 – 16:30 | auditorium D02

The UniSAFE project is delighted to announce its final event: From policy to practice: Pathways to end gender-based violence in academia and research.

Specifically addressing policymakers, decision-makers in university and research organisations, as well as gender equality officers, representatives from university networks and research funding organisations, the conference is open to all!

Gender-based violence is widespread. It takes on multiple forms, has long-lasting and devastating consequences and occurs in every sphere and domain of life, in every organisation, and in offline and online settings. Not only do higher education institutions and research organisations see no exception to this, but they are particularly prone to high levels of gender-based violence.

As universities and research organisations are slowly finding the courage to tackle this issue, they often lack guidance on where to start or how to ensure that their policies and measures are comprehensive enough to be efficient. Other decision-makers are still not aware enough of the change to be initiated at the level of institutions and of public authorities.

For the past three years, UniSAFE has been investigating the prevalence of gender-based violence in academia and research, as well as institutions’ responses. Its widescale survey – taken by 42,000 staff and students from 45 organisations in 15 countries –  has provided solid and comparable data, which has been analysed and compared with results from interviews, policy mapping and case studies of institutional responses. This knowledge has been translated into concrete tools and recommendations.

Looking from a holistic perspective – using the 7P framework (prevalence, prevention, protection, prosecution, provision of services, partnerships, policies), this conference goes beyond results from the research and presents its applications for institutions, with practical recommendations tailored to various contexts: universities and research organisations, public authorities at EU and national levels. It will showcase the impact and sustainable benefits from using the UniSAFE toolkit created in the project for universities and research organisations to ensure safe, violence-free higher education and research environments.

The event will take place in person at the University of Namur, Faculty of Law (Address: 5 rempart de la Vierge – 5000 Namur), and will be streamed online.

Registration is free of charge but seats are limited!

Registrations for in-person attendance are now closed. However, we still have a few spots available; if you are interested, please contact us at finalevent[at]unisafe-gbv.eu, indicating the name of your organisation and the days you would like to attend.

Programme overview

Day 1: Setting the scene through policies

Moderation by Colette Schrodi and Panagiota Polykarpou  

Day 2: On to practice: concrete pathways for institutional change

 Moderation by Colette Schrodi and Panagiota Polykarpou  

Poster exhibition

The event will have two poster exhibitions, showcasing inspiring awareness-raising campaigns on gender-based violence in the context of universities and research organisations, and promoting outputs from sister projects working towards gender equality. If you would like to bring a poster, we invite you to read the guidelines and to register to the event. For any questions related to the posters, please email at finalevent@unisafe-gbv.eu.

Practical Information

How to get to Namur, where to stay,.. Find all the practical details in our Info Package!

Participants coming by car may use the faculty’s car park by printing and placing this conference flyer on their windshield.

Have a question?

Contact us at finalevent@unisafe-gbv.eu

This webinar is one of a series of three online interactive entitled  “Setting up and Implementing Institutional Policies to Combat Gender-Based-Violence in Academia – The 7P Framework”. 

This third webinar took place on 02 May 2023. It addressed “Provision of services”, “Partnerships” and “Policies” which constitute the strategic and final layer for academia and research organisations when addressing gender-based-violence. They represent an instrumental element of the 7P Framework, as they dot any strategy with sustainability and far reach.

This webinar sought to:

• Gain a common understanding of concepts related to gender-based violence (GBV) and understand its impact in academia;  
• Demonstrate the existence of this phenomenon in the research field and highlight its specifics; 
• Present UniSAFE’s 7 P model (Prevalence, Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Provision of services, Partnerships and Policies) which represents a holistic approach to address GBV in Research Performing Organisations;  
• Share inspiring practices for setting up and implementing institutional policies to address gender-based violence in academia adopted by EU RPOs within the framework of the 7 Ps, with the support of guest speakers.  

Target audience:

• Gender equality officer/focal point/equality and/or diversity officers;   
• Human Resources officer;   
• Ombudsperson;   
• Part of a Gender Equality Plan team;   
• Health and safety officer;   
• Head of Department/Unit in charge or involved in gender-based violence.   

On the menu

The webinar took place on Zoom

11.00 – 11.05	Welcome & ‘Housekeeping rules’ & Idea behind the webinar (5 minutes) – Yellow Window
11.05 – 11.10	UniSAFE intro presentation (5 minutes) – European Science Foundation
11.10 – 11.35	Introduction to gender-based violence and presentation of UniSAFE 7P Model Framework
11.35 – 11.50	Presentation on Provision (of services), Partnerships and Policies
11.50 – 12.10	Inspiring Practice & Experience exchange: Cristina Gamberi, University of Bologna Cristina Gamberi is a Research Fellow at the University of Bologna where she works on the strategy on Equity, Inclusion and Diversity and she is also Programme Coordinator of the European Master in Women’s and Gender Studies GEMMA. She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Universities of Utrecht (NL), Hull, Warwick and Norwich (UK) and holds a PhD in Gender Studies from the University of Naples Federico II. Her current research activity focuses mainly on feminist theories, gender-sensitive language, contemporary women writers. Her work has been published in international and national journals and she has to her credit numerous volumes and essays.
12.10 – 12.25	Q&A / exchanges with the audience (15 minutes)
12.25-12.30	Conclusions & Closing remarks (Exit questionnaire) – Yellow Window

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This webinar is one of a series of three online interactive entitled “Setting up and Implementing Institutional Policies to Address Gender-Based-Violence in Academia – The 7P Framework”. 

This first Webinar took place on 18 April 2023. It addressed “Prevalence” and by defacto “Incidence” which represents the “P” of the 7P Framework.

Based on that empirical data, i.e. facts and evidences, academic and research organisations will be able to devise tailored appropriate tools, actions and measures to address this particular form of violence.

This webinar sought to:

• Gain a common understanding of concepts related to gender-based violence (GBV) and understand its impact in academia;  

• Demonstrate the existence of this phenomenon in the research field and highlight its specifics; 
• Present UniSAFE’s 7 P model (Prevalence, Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Provision of services, Partnerships and Policies) which represents a holistic approach to address GBV in Research Performing Organisations;  
• Share inspiring practices for setting up and implementing institutional policies to address gender-based violence in academia adopted by EU RPOs within the framework of the 7 Ps, with the support of guest speakers.  

Target audience:

• Gender equality officers/focal points/equality and/or diversity officers;   
• Human Resources officers;   
• Ombudspersons;   
• Individuals that are part of a Gender Equality Plan team;   
• Health and safety officers;   
• Heads of Department/Unit in charge or involved in gender-based violence.   

On the menu

The webinar took place on Zoom

11.00 – 11.05	Welcome & ‘Housekeeping rules’ & Idea behind the webinar (5 minutes) – Yellow Window
11.05 – 11.10	UniSAFE intro presentation (5 minutes) – European Science Foundation
11.10 – 11.35	Introduction to gender-based violence and presentation of UniSAFE 7P Model Framework
11.35 – 11.50	Presentation on Prevalence
11.50 – 12.10	Inspiring Practice & Experience exchange: Anne Laure Humbert, Oxford Brookes University Anne Laure Humbert is a Professor and Director of the Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice at Oxford Brookes University. She contributes as an expert in statistics, organisation and work, and gender-based violence.
12.10 – 12.25	Q&A / exchanges with the audience (15 minutes)
12.25-12.30	Conclusions & Closing remarks (Exit questionnaire) – Yellow Window

Join the Community!

To stay posted about the following webinars, join the Community here! 

This webinar is one of a series of three online interactive entitled “Setting up and Implementing Institutional Policies to Combat Gender-Based-Violence in Academia – The 7P Framework”. 

This second webinar took place on 25 April 2023. It addressed “Prevention”, “Protection” and “Prosecution“, three core elements of the UniSAFE 7P Framework,  which offers a holistic model for research organisations and universities to address gender-based-violence.

This webinar sought to:

• Gain a common understanding of concepts related to gender-based violence (GBV) and understand its impact in academia;  

• Demonstrate the existence of this phenomenon in the research field and highlight its specifics; 
• Present UniSAFE’s 7 P model (Prevalence, Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Provision of services, Partnerships and Policies) which represents a holistic approach to address gender-based violence in Research Performing Organisations;  
• Share inspiring practices for setting up and implementing institutional policies to address gender-based violence in academia adopted by EU research organisations and universities within the framework of the 7 Ps, with the support of guest speakers.  

Target audience:

• Gender equality officer/focal point/equality and/or diversity officers;   
• Human Resources officer;   
• Ombudsperson;   
• Part of a Gender Equality Plan team;   
• Health and safety officer;   
• Head of Department/Unit in charge or involved in gender-based violence.   

On the menu

The webinar took place on Zoom

11.00 – 11.05	Welcome & ‘Housekeeping rules’ & Idea behind the webinar (5 minutes) – Yellow Window
11.05 – 11.10	UniSAFE intro presentation (5 minutes) – European Science Foundation
11.10 – 11.35	Introduction to gender-based violence and presentation of UniSAFE 7P Model Framework
11.35 – 11.50	Presentation on Prevention, Protection and Prosecution
11.50 – 12.10	Inspiring Practice & Experience exchange: Rachel Payne and Kristie Waller, Oxford Brookes University, Rachel Payne is a Principal Lecturer Education and Student Experience at Oxford Brookes University. In this capacity she leads the Sexual Consent Education project, which she co-created with Kristie Waller (the webinar other guest speaker) in 2018-19. She supports the University’s response to the UK Office for Students’ statement of expectations for preventing and addressing harassment and sexual misconduct affecting HE students, and is expanding the project to support staff engagement and training. She is a Past President of the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) and a current member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Art, Craft and Design. Kristie Waller’s background is in youth and community work and prior to working with Oxford Brookes University, she was delivering consent workshops in youth clubs and at some festivals. She also worked for a Thames Valley charity supporting children and young people impacted by crime. She specialised in domestic abuse and sexual harm work and trained as an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA). She is currently working for a National Domestic Abuse charity supporting children and young people with lived experience who want to use their expertise to influence policy change and to develop best practice and has been working with Oxford Brookes University as an external consultant since 2018.
12.10 – 12.25	Q&A / exchanges with the audience (15 minutes)
12.25-12.30	Conclusions & Closing remarks (Exit questionnaire) – Yellow Window

Join the community!

To stay posted about the following webinars, join the Community here!