Practice

This factsheet addresses staff associations and unions in higher education and research institutions. It provides recommendations on their role towards ending gender-based violence. Recommendations are based on the findings from the EU-funded UniSAFE project.

Readers of this factsheet may want to consult UniSAFE’s toolkit section on concepts and meanings. Background information about the root causes of gender-based violence in research and academia are laid out in the White Paper for Policymakers and Institutional Managers, together with a presentation of the 7P model (Prevalence, Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Provision of services, Partnerships, Policy).

The goal of this document is to contribute to building a common understanding of gender-based violence. Specifically, the aim is to establish the root causes of gender-based violence in higher education and research and introduce the holistic 7P model, which has been developed and tested through research, as a starting point for further policy development. The primary target audiences for this White Paper are policymakers and institutional management responsible for the design and implementation of policies to eradicate gender-based violence.

Find out more: https://unisafe-gbv.eu

This documentis part of a toolkit developed under the UniSAFE Project “ Gender-based violence and institutional responses: Building a knowledge base and operational tools to make universities and research organisations safe”