According to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), gender equality plans (GEPs) should consist of set of actions that “articulate a strategic view aimed at achieving gender equality”. EIGE defined ten thematic areas around which a range of activities and instruments can be mobilised, depending of the nature and needs of the organisation that is implementing GEPs.

The R&I PEERS project builds on a comprehensive body of research and expert-led activities carried out around each of these themes, including three kinds of awareness-building actions, referenced below.  To join the R&I PEERS Community, and learn more about the Gender Equality Plans implemented in the project, please visit the R&I PEERS platform here.

1.  Work-Life Balance

• Supporting reconciliation of work, family and private life — good practices (2015). This EIGE publication presents good practices, gaps and challenges in the work towards supporting the reconciliation of work, family and private life
• Sanja Cukut Krilić and Elisa Rapetti (eds.) (2015) Mapping organisational work-life policies and practices, GARCIA working paper n. 4, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-639-9)

2.  Mentoring

• Hélène Adam, Caroline Vincke and Farah Dubois-Shaik (2016) Gender-sensitive Mentoring Programme in Academia: A Design Process, GARCIA working paper n. 13, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-695-5)
• Marjolein Dennissen, Channah Herschberg, Yvonne Benschop, Marieke van den Brink (2017) Toolkit for organizing workshops ‘precarious positions’ for early career researchers, GARCIA working paper n. 17, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-714-3)
• Marjolein Dennissen, Channah Herschberg, Yvonne Benschop, Marieke van den Brink (eds.) (2017) Workshops for early career researchers: 12 SSH and STEM test institutions, GARCIA working paper n. 18, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-715-0)

3.  Gender-sensitive Language Use

• UNESCO guidelines on Gender-Neutral Language
• Antwerp Charter on Gender-Sensitive Communication in and by Academic Institutions
• Reutlingen University’s Guidelines for using gender-sensitive language in communication, research and administration

4. Raising Awareness about Gender Equality within the Organisation

a)  General

• EIGE’s gender mainstreaming toolkits
• EIGE’s Practical Guide to Improving gender equality In research organisations
• Sanja Cukut Krilić, Tanja Petrović, Duška Knežević Hočevar and Majda Černič Istenič (eds.) (2016) Organisational Culture and Everyday Working Life – Quantitative and qualitative analysis in six European Countries, GARCIA working paper n. 15, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-707-5)

b)  Raising Awareness about Gender Bias in Decision-Making Bodies

• How to Avoid Unconscious Bias in Peer-Review Processes
• Workshop report “Implicit Gender Biases During Evaluations:  How to Raise Awareness and Change Attitudes?”
• The Gender bias learning website is a rich resource for teaching about gender bias patterns, reviewing knowledge of gender bias patterns and teaching strategies for managing gender bias
• Marjolein Dennissen, Channah Herschberg, Yvonne Benschop, Marieke van den Brink (eds.) (2017) Reflexive working groups for selection committee members: 12 SSH and STEM test institutions, GARCIA working paper n. 20, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-717-4)
• Marjolein Dennissen, Channah Herschberg, Yvonne Benschop, Marieke van den Brink (2017) Toolkit for organizing reflexive working groups for selection committee members, GARCIA working paper n. 19, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-716-7)

c)  Preventing and Sanctioning Disrespectful Behaviour, Abuse and Sexual Harassment

• Guidelines on dealing with sexual harassment, developed by Sciences Po (Paris) in the context of the EU-funded structural change EGERA project
• Guidelines for the prevention of sexual harassment, harassment on the grounds of sex and psychological harassment (2015) developed by the Polytechnic University of Madrid in the context of the EU-funded structural-change TRIGGER project
• Preventing and responding to gender-based violence — guidance for SOAS students and staff (2015) from the SOAS University of London
• The intervention initiative toolkit (2015), developed by the University of the West of England (UWE) for the prevention of sexual coercion and domestic abuse in university settings
• Vademecum on sexual harassment in higher education and research (2015 – in French)

5.  Integrating Gender in Research and Curricula

• The Canadian Institute of Health Research’s website has a number of free training modules on how to deal with sex and gender in health research
• Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc and Ana Hofman (2015) Toolkit for Integrating Gender-Sensitive Approach into Research and Teaching, GARCIA working paper n. 6, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-645-0)
• Ana Hofman and Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc (eds.) (2015) Gender Dimension in Research and Curriculum: 12 SSH and STEM test institutions, GARCIA working paper n. 7, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-647-4)
• Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc (ed.) (2016) Selection of measures for integrating gender into research and curricula in six European countries, GARCIA working paper n. 16, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-708-2)

6.  Reducing the Gender Gap in Decision-Making Bodies

• Gendering decision-making and communications processes (2015): the report developed in the context of the EU-funded FESTA project
• Methodologies and measures for analysing informal decision-making and communication processes (2015). The report produced in the context of the EU-funded FESTA project
• E-learning package on gender competent leadership in Academia developed by the EU-funded GENOVATE project

7.  Supporting Career and Excellence of Female Researchers

• Channah Herschberg, Yvonne Benschop and Marieke van den Brink (eds.) (2015) Constructing excellence: the gap between formal and actual selection criteria for early career academics, GARCIA working paper n. 2, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-610-8)
• Nicky Le Feuvre (2015) Contextualizing Women’s Academic Careers in Cross-National Perspective, GARCIA working paper n. 3, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-637-5)
• Farah Dubois-Shaik and Bernard Fusulier (eds.) (2015) Academic Careers and Gender Inequality: Leaky Pipeline and Interrelated Phenomena in Seven European Countries, GARCIA working paper n. 5, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-641-2)
• Channah Herschberg, Yvonne Benschop and Marieke van den Brink (2016) Gender practices in the Construction of Excellence, GARCIA working paper n. 10, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-687-0)
• Farah Dubois-Shaik and Bernard Fusulier (eds.) (2016) Experiences of Early Career Researchers/Academics: a Qualitative Research on the Leaky Pipeline and Interrelated Phenomena in six European Countries, GARCIA working paper n. 11, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-689-4)
• Farah Dubois-Shaik and Bernard Fusulier (2016) Toward a Gendered Pipeline Typology: A Comparative Analysis Across Six European Countries, GARCIA working paper n. 12, University of Trento (ISBN 978-88-8443-694-8)