Sessions from the Gender Research 4 Covid-19 Workshop are available for viewing

On March 23 and 24, the FCT and the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) held a workshop on "COVID 19 and Gender Equality: Research on the Impacts of the Pandemic and Contributions to Public Policies". This online meeting, dedicated to the special support for Gender Research 4 Covid-19 research projects launched by the FCT and which can now be viewed online, had a maximum of 368 participants - 239 on the first day and 129 on the second.

This workshop was attended by 15 of the projects approved for funding, who gave a presentation on the research they are carrying out under this FCT funding line on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of women and men, which are also included in a brochure published by the FCT for this occasion and which is available here. The program of the session was also attended by the Minister of State and the Presidency, Mariana Vieira da Silva, the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, João Sobrinho Teixeira, the President of FCT, Helena Pereira, and the President of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, Sandra Ribeiro.

The Gender Research 4 Covid-19 special support, for research projects on the impact of the health emergency caused by COVID-19 on gender inequalities and violence against women and domestic violence, was promoted by the FCT, in conjunction with the Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality and with the support of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG). Its purpose was to fund projects and initiatives that enable the production and dissemination of knowledge about the gender impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the dissemination of contingency plans and measures adopted to contain and resolve it.