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RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference is a leading institute in the field of women’s, gender and equality research in Iceland. Founded in 1991, RIKK promotes interdisciplinary gender research and the dissemination of research results and information.
How essential is health and care work during COVID-19? A discussion on Gender, Care and Labour
ProGender organises an online public discussion on the conditions of work in the health and care sectors and the gender challenges that workers in these sectors face during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants include representatives of nurses’ unions, care workers and...
Absence-Presences, Memes, and Masculinity
#MeToo: Thinking Ahead is the topic of the RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference and Gender Equality Studies and Training (GEST) Programme conversation series in spring 2021. The series focuses on #MeToo, its gains as well as the challenges that remain...
„Chaos ruined the children’s sleep, diet and behaviour“ – ProGender guest lecture
ProGender: A Digital Hub on Gender, the COVID-19 Crisis and its Aftermath invites you to the first Online Lecture of the project “Chaos ruined the children’s sleep, diet and behaviour: Gendered discourses on family life in pandemic times” ONLINE LECTURE Annadís Greta...
LECTURE SERIES
The RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference Lecture Series allows scholars to present and discuss new research in the field of gender and equality studies. The lecture series aims for an interdisciplinary approach with diverse themes and topics. The lecture series in spring is organized in cooperation with the GEST Programme. The lectures are at noon, usually on Thursdays at the lecture hall of the National Museum of Iceland. The Lecture Series is held in partnership with the National Museum of Iceland and the lectures are conducted in either English or Icelandic.
EVENTS
RIKK organises conferences, symposiums and other events in the field.
GENDER CALENDAR
Sexually harassed in health care – doubly vulnerable in a hard-hit sector (02....
Sexually harassed in health care – doubly vulnerable in a hard-hit sector Health care workers are crucial to the functioning of society. At the same time research shows that sexual harassment is a big problem in the health care sector. Many health...
Gender equality: Can we achieve it in old-age pensions? (02.03.2021 10:00-13:00...
When: March 2nd, 2021 10:00 AM through 1:00 PM Location: CEPS (online), Place du Congrès 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Webinar: Sexually harassed in health care – doubly vulnerable in a hard-hit se...
Research shows that sexual harassment is a big problem in the workplace, including health care. NIKK and NIVA invite you to a Nordic webinar on the subject.
NEWS FROM EDDA – RESEARCH CENTER
A virtual symposium to celebrate the publication of The Routledge Handbook of th...
A virtual symposium to celebrate the publication of The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of The #MeToo Movement, edited by Giti Chandra and Irma Erlingsdóttir, will be held on Th...
Political Agency after COVID-19: Representation, Power, Constitutions
Political Agency after COVID-19: Representation, Power, Constitutions is an online conference on the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic presents and its consequences that are bound to be enormous: Economies may collapse, political leadership will com...
SOGIE workshop
People who flee persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression (SOGIE) constitute a particularly vulnerable group of migrants in both asylum and in...
NEWS FROM GEST
Podcast with Linda Gusia
Erasmus+ has long been an invaluable exchange programme for GEST to draw on the expertise of scholars and to engage students from all over the world. However, since the COVID-19 pandemic put an effective halt to most international travel, the GEST pr...
GRÓ GEST and the Icelandic Red Cross renew a Memorandum of Understanding
The GEST programme and the Icelandic Red Cross have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) originally signed in November 2018. The MOU expresses an interest in collaborating in developing gender equality projects and the sharing of expertise in ...
Open Call for Nominations for the 2022 GEST Programme
The Gender Equality Studies and Training (GEST) programme calls for nominations for its academic programme in 2022. The deadline for nominations is 1 March 2020.