CoAct Final Event - Citizen Social Science and Civic Organisations advocating Gender Equality
Channel: Global Innovation Gathering
Date: 21/10/2022

Citizen Social Science and Civic Organisations advocating Gender Equality: Which tools for which results?

In 2021, CoAct launched three Open Calls to foster the application of Citizen Social Science methods and tools in projects dealing with Gender Equality in Berlin, Eastern Europe and Pan-Europe. Each call had different gender perspectives, focusing on Sustainable Cities and Communities, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Gender Equality and Digitalization Opportunities and Risks. 

Now it’s time to reflect on these experiences, and this panel will focus on the results presented by the selected projects. How did incorporating citizen engagement and community building impact innovative experiences fighting gender inequality in Europe? Which tools were most effective for delivering the best results while conducting participatory research? What were the biggest challenges in adopting this new methodology?

The Gender Equality Open Call grantees will explain how they assimilated CSO-led methods in their ongoing local work. Janine Richards, academic researcher, and Prof. Dr Stephan Thomas, from the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, will talk about the work with Founderland, a Berlin-based non-profit organisation focused on building an intersectional standard for women entrepreneurs. Momchil Baev, MPH, PhD from Sigle Step, will explain how the organization used Citizen Social Science to conduct the first-ever study on the experiences with the job market and healthcare quality of trans and nonbinary people in Bulgaria. Stella Kasdagli, founder of Women on Top, a Greek organisation focused on gender equality in the workplace, will talk about how they gathered insights and data from citizens in a collaborative process for their project. Cédric Lombion, Data and Innovation Lead at the Open Knowledge Foundation, will be mediating the panel.

Find out more at https://www.coactproject.eu/