Promoting comprehensive policies to end gender-based violence in research and higher education.

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If you are seeking to develop, improve, or implement a policy addressing gender-based violence in your research and higher education institution, you are at the right place! Advancing a zero-tolerance approach, the GenderSAFE offers state-of-the art insights, tools, trainings, and is operationalising a baseline policy framework effectively counteract gender-based violence. It will also be creating a knowledge base on the uptake and contents of zero-tolerance policies in research and higher education institutions in the EU.
through a data collection and monitoring system

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Pledge zero tolerance to gender-based violence!

In alignment with the zero-tolerance code of conduct published by the Commission’s Sub-group ‘Inclusive Gender Equality in the ERA’, we’re calling on higher education institutions, research organisations, and all ERA stakeholders to take a bold stand against any form of gender-based violence by committing to its principles.

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Our
objectives.

The EU-funded GenderSAFE project will support research and higher education institutions in establishing safe, inclusive, and respectful environments by setting up comprehensive policies to effectively counteract gender-based violence.

Increasing robustness of zero-tolerance policies by building a common policy discourse in the EU reflecting state-of-the-art theoretical debates, including attention to power and intersectionality, mobility and precarity,

Facilitating the uptake and ownership of a zero-tolerance approach to gender-based violence policies through mutual learning, exchange, and co-design in a Community of Practice, involving multiple circles of various types of stakeholders,

Building institutional capacities to set up and implement gender-based violence policies through training of responsible staff and officers.

Creating a knowledge base on the uptake and contents of zero-tolerance policies at RPOs in the EU through a data collection and monitoring system.

Raising awareness and creating uptake through carefully designed communication, dissemination, and advocacy activities.

Latest news

Work in progress: Baseline Policy Framework for Addressing Gender-Based Violence

Sep 9, 2025 | Outputs, Project news

The Baseline Policy Framework for Addressing Gender-Based Violence is designed as a practical resource for higher education and research institutions, providing clear provisions and guidance on how to prevent, address, and respond to gender-based violence. It covers...

Strategic framing to tackle resistance to change: Addressing gender-based violence in research and academia

Aug 5, 2025 | Outputs, Project news

Gender-based violence remains a deeply rooted issue across European research and higher education institutions and implementing effective institutional responses still faces resistance. To support those leading change, GenderSAFE has developed a new guide: “Strategic Framing to Tackle Resistance to Change: Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Research and Academia.”

New webinar: Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Academia

Jul 8, 2025 | Events, Project news

GenderSAFE Webinar on Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Academia with Arpita Chakraborty, in conversation with Ayşe Gül Altinay Date: 18 September 2025 Time: 11:00 - 12:30 CEST Webinar language: English This webinar explores the issue of technology-facilitated...