Gender equality
Research
All the "gender equality" publications on the UNamur research portal.
Education
A Master's degree specialising in gender studies
This specialised master degree in gender studies is a programme that trains experts in issues relating to gender, gender equality and sexuality in all sectors, thereby helping to fight discrimination. This training in gender studies pools the expertise of the six universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation in this field, by creating or federating specific and original teaching units. More information (in French) here...
Contact : master.genre@unamur.be
Social impact and actions
Corporate initiatives
The institutional gender policy
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The University of Namur has been fighting against gender discrimination since 2011 by setting up the Gender Group and then, in 2013, by creating a Vice-Rectorate in charge of developing this policy. The rectoral team intends to assert its will to maintain voluntary and reasoned policies in this field.
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UNamur Student Harassment Protection (PHARE)
PHARE is part of a global plan to fight moral, physical or sexual harassment and to fight aggression and violence against UNamur students and doctoral students.
It has three main components: training, awareness-raising and remediation.
PHARE's priority is to act effectively on the remediation aspect, by offering optimal support to victims and witnesses. More information (in French) here...
Support service for the UNamur children and families (asbl SAPEFUN)
The mission of the non-profit organisation "SAPEFUN" is to organise, manage, promote and encourage institutions and services to help children and parents within the Namur university community. It offers the "FUNny" crèche, approved by the ONE (Office de la Naissance et de l'Enfance), which welcomes children from 0 to 3 years old and the "Club Temps Libre", an extracurricular reception and holiday centre approved by the ONE for children from 2 1/2 to 8 years old. More information here...
The University Forum for International Development Cooperation (FUCID)
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As an NGO within a university, the University Forum for International Development Cooperation (FUCID) aims to be a place of meeting, expression, debate, advocacy, awareness and commitment, action, militancy and utopia. A network of men and women sharing the same values of solidarity and citizenship. It is rooted in the vision of UNamur and in this framework participates in the overall objective of the university, namely to train responsible actors in society for a more just, sustainable and equitable world, with respect for human rights. More information (in French) ... An Escape Game on women's rights through time was organised by Kot "Right Hand" in collaboration with FUCID. The aim was to raise awareness of the rights, image and general situation of women through times. It was an escape game accessible between 25 April and 2 May 2023, with moves around the city. The escape game also has an online podcast version. In addition, between the end of January and the beginning of February 2022, a law student completed her 'FUCID internship' at the ASBL Droit des Femmes, Femmes de Droit (Women's rights, Lawful Women). Finally, over the past year, FUCID has produced a podcast on feminist commitment, and the accompanying teaching tool will be released in November 2022. |
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The Women and Girls in Science annual conference
An interdisciplinary group of young researchers at UNamur organises an annual conference to promote access to science and technology for women. Read more...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
The "Confluent des Savoirs" (CDS), a scientific mediation unit, contributes to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by organising events. More information (in French) here...
Team mentorship - The career of future PhD holders
Specifically dedicated to future PhD holders, Team Mentorship is an inter-university programme which aims to support junior researchers (First Stage Researcher (R1)) from all fields of scientific research in the development and refinement of their career plans, whether in the university scientific environment (academic) or outside it, in the private, public and associative sectors. More information here...
The HECTOR Podcasts
In 2022, 4 episodes were published, whose first was about the place of women in research. Next to the podcasts, debates and round-tables have also been organized to extend the discussions. A season #2 has started in October 2023. Listen to the HECTOR podcasts (in French) here...
More info about the HECTOR podcasts here...
Collaborations and partnerships
The University of Namur, like the 5 other universities of the Walloon-Brussels Federation (FWB), is a member of various committees and networks:
- Gender contact persons
- Women and Science Committee
- CoGES | The ARES Gender commission
- GAS | Gender, Activity, Health Group
- Sophia Network | Belgian Gender Studies Network
STEAMULI
| The University of Namur is a partner of STEAMULI, a space of activities in Sciences, Technologies, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, proposed by different partners active within the province of Namur. The objective is to make activities available that stimulate and develop STEAM skills for young and old. Read more (in French) here... |  |
Namur Homosexual Student Circle (CHEN)
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CHEN is the Namur branch of CHEFF. CHEN, which basically stands for "Namur Homosexual Student Circle", is the Namur branch of CHEFF. It is an LGBTQI student circle for students and/or people under 30 years old. More information (in French) here... |
