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Integrating Gender into Research in Turkey

December 20, 2017

The RWI Turkey Programme has for a long time recognized that gender often is ignored in many research proposals. This is largely due to the lack of capacity and knowledge.

Even though the Programme receives an impressive amount of high-quality … Continue reading » “Integrating Gender into Research in Turkey”

New Publication on Human Rights and Gender Equality in Quality Human Rights Teaching

February 15, 2016

RWI has prepared a publication that consists of a compilation of abstracts on inclusion of human rights and gender equality aspects in the teaching of various legal disciplines in Belarus, Serbia, and the United States.

The publication is available in … Continue reading » “New Publication on Human Rights and Gender Equality in Quality Human Rights Teaching”

“There are still many gender stereotypes in the Belarusian society”

December 3, 2015

“Gender is treated as a cross-cutting issue in the Institute’s cooperation with Belarus,” says Olga Bezbozhna, Programme Officer at RWI.

Since the Institute has an academic cooperation and works with academic institutions in Belarus, the cooperation contributes to the … Continue reading » ““There are still many gender stereotypes in the Belarusian society””

Scrutinzing Structural Gender Inequality in Academia

November 23, 2015

Photo credits: Gender Summit’s flickr photo stream

RWI recently attended the 7th Gender Summit in Berlin, Germany.

“RWI works with gender aspects in research in cooperation with many partners, notably in China and Belarus,” says Alexandra Ronkina, Programme Officer at … Continue reading » “Scrutinzing Structural Gender Inequality in Academia”

Human Rights and Gender in China

November 2, 2015

“Without empowerment of women and girls throughout the world, we will not see economic development, growth in democracy, and innovative solutions to our world’s problems,” said Professor Bill Simmons, who teaches human rights and gender related courses at the … Continue reading » “Human Rights and Gender in China”