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PWN London is set to host a global interactive webinar on October 1, 2024, in collaboration with the European Union-funded RE-WIRING project and the University of Portsmouth. The event, led by renowned researchers Dr. Devran Gulel and Professor Karen Johnston, will focus on strategies to boost women’s presence in leadership […]

We are an international team of academics associated with KU Leuven in Belgium, Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). As part of RE-WIRING research project, we are collecting information about the types of activities and skills that are central to people’s jobs. […]

Rewiring institutions to achieve genuine gender equality is paramount in creating fair and inclusive societies. Through its various work packages, RE-WIRING seeks to examine and address the multifaceted challenges hindering gender equality across different sectors and contexts. The project serves as a platform for sharing insights, best practices, and innovative […]

The first World Conference on Women took place in 1975, with women calling for equal rights and the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. In addition to the many forms of discrimination that women still endure, they also experience discrimination in the workplace and remain significantly underrepresented in […]

Still, only one in five board members and one in 20 CEOs in the Netherlands are women. Despite decades of initiatives, laws, and regulations, real top positions for women remain out of reach. By way of example, the new Dutch law to increase the representation of women in decision-making in […]

On March 12 2024, the RE-WIRING team presented the findings of our project at the conference “Systemic discrimination and the law. Conceptualization and legal remedies”. The conference was organised within the framework of the Horizon Europe project UNDETERRED (Unintentional discrimination detected and racism revealed and deactivated), a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinarity […]

In the pursuit of a more equitable and inclusive society, groundbreaking initiatives like the RE-WIRING project have the potential to redefine the narrative on discrimination, inequality, and migration-related issues. In words of Virginija Langbakk, the former Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), this project aims to provide […]

The report “Investments in Childcare for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific”, which was released by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), highlights the importance of public provision of childcare and its […]

In her video, Colette Van Laar delves into the topic of de-biasing education to reduce gendered choices. Recognizing the significance of individual freedom in decision-making, independent of societal expectations and gender roles, she emphasizes the urgent need to dismantle gendered cues and structures that perpetuate biases within educational systems. Van […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global health emergency and triggered a significant global economic downturn, as seen in the latest report by the World Economic Forum. Besides, the global gender gap has widened from 99.5 years to 135.6 years. Unlike previous economic downturns, the current crisis has unique implications […]