[EDUC Research] Women empowerment and gender inequality Days 2026

Women empowerment and gender inequalities Days 2026 - EDUC Research

Paris Nanterre University, in collaboration with its partners from the EDUC alliance, the EDUC-Wide network, and the Economix laboratory's Dev-Connect network, is offering two days of conferences and art debates in English on women empowerment and gender inequalities on March 9 and 10, 2026, at the Weber amphitheater.
 

Program

 

09/03/26, 9H-12H, theater debate and dictionary workshop on equality (Amphitheater, Weber building)

First session based on the play BELL END (2024), written and directed by Mathilde Invernon, performed and co-written by Arianna Camilli, which has been staged at several European festivals and theaters. BELL END explores topics such as gender-based and sexual violence, clichés arising from gendered communication and attitudes, intimate and even psycho-emotional relationships and balances between women and men, and socio-political codes determined by a male hierarchy of power relations over bodies, through bodies. The event will feature the two artists, who will participate in discussions through the restitution of certain passages from the play, and through micro-performances aimed at highlighting the key aspects of this artistic object, capable of questioning and shifting the gaze on female subjects and their multifaceted identities. At the crossroads of fieldwork and archival studies, contemporary creation, dance and song, as well as methodologies of resilient and pluralistic thinking, our “debate theater” will also be nourished by the interactions between the two performers and the teacher-researchers who are part of the EDUC Alliance, including our “debate theater” will also be nourished by the interactions between the two performers and the teacher-researchers who are part of the EDUC Alliance, including those from Paris Nanterre. The debate will take the form of a dynamic round table where several languages can intersect in order to facilitate dialogue among the participants. 

From 10:30am to 11am : complimentary coffee break

Second session based on a dictionary workshop dedicated to reflecting on the inclusive aspects and processes of gender policies “in academia.” Thanks to the active contribution and expertise of several participants from the EDUC network dedicated to GEP (Gender Equality Plan), a brainstorming workshop will be held, focusing on the possibilities arising from the development and prefiguration of common dictionaries, on both a micro and macro scale (“small and large ethics” ref. P. Ricoeur). While focusing on practical issues in terms of university strategies, the activation of inter-knowledge mechanisms, and lifelong learning, we will seek to analyze the potential inherent in the emergence of languages and practices based on real needs and respectful of diversity. The development of new forms of communication and knowledge transfer (technical, scientific, etc.) among university staff is crucial to promoting collaborative methods on a daily basis within our archipelagic Europe. Made more accessible to several professional categories, as well as to students, the frameworks, “words” and uses of Gender Policies would constitute one of the pillars for improving the professional and personal conditions of the most disadvantaged human resources.

From 12h to 13h30 : complimentary lunch break

09/03/26, 13H30-16H30, conferences (Amphitheater, Weber building)

- "Gender equality plan in the EU"

- "Female empowerment"

[Coming soon]

10/03/26, 9H-12H, Round table on women's empowerment in developing countries (Amphitheater, Weber building)

Presentation by four researchers from the DEV-Connect network on economic research on women's empowerment in developing countries.
Title: “Women's Economic Empowerment in Developing Contexts”.

From 10h20 to 10h40 : complimentary coffee break

From 12h to 13h30 : complimentary lunch break

10/03/26, 13H30-17H30, Policy round table and film discussion (Amphitheater, Weber building)

First session from 14h to 15h30: discussion on women's empowerment and the role of entrepreneurship
Guests: Pépite France, Ministry, OECD, and a member of the team behind a project on women's empowerment and entrepreneurship that has just received three years of funding, plus a moderator.
Title: “Women's entrepreneurship: challenges and opportunities”

3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Complimentary coffee break

Second session from 16h to 18h: screening of the film “One Side of the Road” followed by a discussion with director Jalil Nordman.

EDUC partners

To know more about the EDUC European university alliance.

-          University of Cagliari (Italy)
-          University of Rennes (France)
-          University of Masaryk (Czech Republic)
-          University of Pecs (Hungary)
-          University of South-Eastern (Norway)
-          University of Jaume 1 (Spain)
-          University of Potsdam (Germany)