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USVReact will participate in the 2nd Conference of the Inter-University PhD program in Gender Studies.

January 3rd, 2018|External news, News, Project news|

Our colleague Edurne Jiménez Pérez, member of the Catalan team of the USVReact, will participate on January 31st in this panel: “"From the crime of passion to genderbased violence. Evolutions and drifts of research on violence against women" in the 2nd Conference of the Inter-University PhD program in Gender Studies.  The panel, coordinated by Gerard [...]

The USVreact in Vic: What has been done and how it will continue

December 26th, 2017|News, Project news, Responses to training|

The UVic-UCC has participated in various actions of the USVrecat project carried out during 2017 and 2018. To begin, on April 26 and 27 a team of 5 PDI and 2 PAS received USVreact training organized by trainers from the URV (Sara Cagliero and Ivana Soto). Once UVic staff was formed, the model was replicated, offering it [...]

Save the date: January 26th, local conference in Donostia

December 19th, 2017|Local events, News, Project news|

Very happy to announce that our local conference will be held in Donostia (San Sebastian) the 26th of January. Final programme to be confirmed soon, but we have already some confirmations, like those of Edurne Jimenez from the Catalan USVreact team; Patsilí Toledo and Montse Pineda, authors of the "conceptual frame on sexual violence in [...]

Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Experiences of Academic Medical Faculty

December 14th, 2017|External news, News|

Recent high-profile cases of sexual harassment illustrate that such experiences still occur in academic medicine. Less is known about how many women have directly experienced such behavior. Most studies have focused on trainees, single specialties, and non-US settings or lack currency. In a 1995 cross-sectional survey,3 52% of US academic medical faculty women reported harassment [...]

Local conference this Friday: “Buenos Tratos en las Relaciones”

December 12th, 2017|News, Project news|

We are happy to announce that we are going to be participating in the local conference entitled "Buenos Tratos en las Relaciones" ("Fair treat in relationships") this Friday. The conference has been organised by the Psychological Aid Service in the UPV/EHU university. We will be talking about "sexual violence and other forms of violence in [...]

In Eskoriatza in conference on sexist harassment and gender-related violence in universities

December 11th, 2017|News, Project news|

Very happy to have participated in the local conference in Eskoriatza (Gipuzkoa) on sexual harassment and gender-related violence in university settings. Perfectly organised by the PLOTINA EC project, lots of participants (specially students) and very interesting points of view to take into consideration. Some pictres below (from @acarpintero_ and @MUnibertsitatea twitter accounts) and a link [...]

(November 2017) Online awareness campaign against sexual harassment initiated by the Greek General Secretariat for Gender Equality.

December 5th, 2017|External news, News|

The Greek General Secretariat for Gender Equality began last month an online awareness campaign against sexual harassment on the occasion of the 25th of November, International Day for combatting violence against women. The governmental organization in charge of equality between women and men in Greece informs that four online videos awareness campaign have acquired English [...]

1-3 Dec in London: Clear Lines Festival Addressing Sexual Assault and Consent through the Arts and Discussion

November 27th, 2017|External news, News|

The Clear Lines Festival will hold its 2nd edition on Dec 1-3 in Shoreditch, London, to talk about sexual assault and consent and where we are now.  How has the narrative changed?  Clear Lines aims to replace the shame and stigma around these issues with insight, understanding, and community. All are invited to participate in [...]

USVreact Basque team to participate in conference next December

November 27th, 2017|News, Project news|

The #USVreact Basque team have been helping organise and will actively participate in a conference on sexual harassment and gender-related violence the next 11th of December in Eskoriatza, Gipuzkoa. Organised by MU (Mondragon Unibertsitatea, also associate partner un the #USVreact project) and ELHUYAR with the help of the Basque Equality Intitute, Emakunde, the conference will [...]

November 30th and December 1st Annual Conference of the Victimology Society of Serbia

November 23rd, 2017|News, Project news|

The conference entitled Victims between security, human rights and justice: Local and global context will be held on 30th November and 1st December 2017 in Belgrade. The conference aims to bring together experts and researchers, who deal both theoretically and practically and from the perspective of different disciplines with victims’ rights and provide assistance to [...]