School of Transnational Governance

Collaborative Workshop Launches Gender Training at EUI

On 13 June, the School of Transnational Governance held its first open event on gender, bringing EUI researchers and staff together in a collaborative workshop.

A group of participants from across the Institute’s academic departments and administrative services came together for the event, ‘Improve your work-environment and research with a new look on gender’. The brief but engaging session was just the first of many events and activities at the STG which will focus on gender, bringing new expertise on the theme to the European University Institute.

We should continue to bring together people who are committed to finding and acting on practical solutions, just as this workshop did.

Jessica Dabrowski, who was part of a team at the EUI’s Florence School of Regulation which launched the Lights on Women initiative in 2017 was one who took part.  “In my opinion, one of the most crucial points discussed at the workshop was the unconscious, hidden bias that continues to exist in workplaces - even as organisations are scrambling to address gender equality. We need to implement strategies that go beyond ticking off boxes and filling quotas. To do so, we should continue to bring together people who are committed to finding and acting on practical solutions, just as this workshop did,’ she said.

Gender discussion

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Moving forwards, Professor Ruth Rubio Marín will lead the development of gender training at the School of Transnational Governance. ‘Gender Governance is an essential part of good practices in Transnational Governance since both public actors (such as international organisations, European institutions, national governments) and private actors are increasingly committed to achieving gender mainstreaming in their policies and in ensuring gender balanced participation of women and men in decision-making and access leadership roles,’ said Benedita Menezes Quieroz, a Teaching Assistant at the School who is working closely with Professor Rubio Marín. 

Gender Governance is an essential part of good practices in Transnational Governance

‘The Gender Governance cluster of the STG aims to provide training in key transversal areas of gender and  governance standards, tools and skills, while simultaneously address cutting-edge areas of transnational policy-making,’ Benedita continued. Already this autumn, the School will run an Executive Training Seminar on Gender in the Media, featuring teaching from activists, academics and media professionals. The seminar is currently open for applications (deadline 3 August 2018). Indeed, gender will also feature in the curriculum of the a forthcoming Master’s degree in Transnational Governance (planned to launch in autumn 2020).