CENTRO INTERDISCIPLINARE DI RICERCHE E STUDI DELLE DONNE E DI GENERE (CIRSDe)

UNIVERSITÀ DI TORINO, ITALY

1991

Management and equipment. Structure

  • Director
  • President
  • Management Committee
  • Scientific Committee

Objectives

  • To promote the development of multidisciplinary research in reference to gender differences and its dissemination in the scientific community and civil society.
  • The tasks of the Center are:
    • Promote and take care of the development of research with a gender approach.
    • Promote and manage advanced teaching initiatives with a gender approach.
    • Promote and organize initiatives aimed at deepening and disseminating these studies.

Research and results

  • Comparative European study on diplomas, qualifications and career opportunities in women’s, gender and feminist studies (Maria Grazia Fischer, Chiara Bertone and Paola Pallavicini, 1999-2000).
  • Images of women in newspapers and local television information (Giuseppina Cortese, about 2003). Publication of two volumes of “Women’s images in newspapers and local television information”, vol. I “Image of women in the press. Between information and deformation” and “The image of women in local television news” vol. II.
  • Project Réseau (Chiara Saraceno, about 2003) .
  • Project Rural med (Elisabetta Donini, about 2003).
  • Project STRA.DA (Women’s Strategies for Self-determination) (Chiara Saraceno, about 2003).
  • Project Alt-Tab. Conciliation as an opportunity for organizational innovation (Chiara Saraceno, about 2004).
  • Project Aspasia II (Chiara Saraceno, about 2004).
  • Turin-Sahel inter-university cooperation: area program on teaching, research and training (Elisabetta Donini, about 2004).
  • Online training for the development of women’s management skills (Adriana Luciano, about 2004).
  • Mali and Senegal (Elisabetta Donini, about 2004).
  • Project feminine plural (Claudia Piccardo, about 2004).
  • Female practice of sport in the province of Turin (Chiara Saraceno, about 2004).
  • Project Unigenus (Chiara Saraceno, about 2004).
  • Project Urban (Franca Balsamo, about 2004).
  • Project CHALLENGES (Adriana Luciano, about 2005-2007) The project is aimed at analyzing equal opportunities in companies.
  • Universitywoman (Universidonna) (Carmen Belloni, about 2005-2007).
  • I start again from three (Chiara Saraceno, about 2005-2007) – Carrying out a preliminary survey on the evolution of consultants in Turin from 1976 to today.
  • Alfieri 2007 – Between work and the rest of life: organizational and family support for reconciliation in two organizations in the Piedmont área (Claudia Piccardo, about 2008-2009).
  • Study on the gender language of administrative acts (Anna Chiarloni, about 2008-2009).
  • Research-action “Women’s jobs” (Franca Balsamo, about 2008-2009).
  • Gender-based violence in difficult contexts: a comparison between methods of detection, contrast and help in the Mediterranean area, with a particular focus on Turin and some Middle Eastern cities (Franca Balsamo, about 2008-2009).
  • Careers in the creative sectors in the Turin area: differences between genders and between generations (Chiara Saraceno, about 2008-2009).
  • STALKING – Female victims of Stalking and Health Care professionals (Daniela Acquadro Maran, about 2010-2011).
  • Against Homophobia. European local Administration Devices (AHEAD) (Rachele Raus, about 2010-2011).
  • ACTION – Transversal Inter-Organizational Coordinated Actions No to gender-based violence (Chiara Saraceno, about 2010-2011).
  • GAPWORK. EU Founded Training for Youth Practitioners on Gender-Related Violence (Pam Alldred, about 2014-2015).
  • DAPHNE USVSV – Universities Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence (USVSV): Training for Sustainable Services (Pam Alldred, about 2016-2020).
  • JUMP – Juggling Motherhood and Profession (about 2016-2020).
  • Barolo Arts for the Community (BAC) – Paths of social innovation through the Performing Arts (about 2016-2020) à A laboratory path: University life is an art!; free female theater The BAC Choir.
  • Domestic Violence CRT. Violence against women and domestic violence: a project to raise awareness, educate and train (Mia Caielli, 2020-2021).

Ongoing projects

  • MINDtheGEPs. Gender equality in research.
  • Contrasto discriminazione LGBT+ CRT (Rollè Luca, 2022-2023).