🌈 Pride Month with INCLUDE! Our partners from ISGlobal and PRISMA joined the Pride Walk & Solidarity Breakfast at PRBB, sharing the INCLUDE project and inviting new members to our Community of Practice. Join us: include-cop.discourse.group

🏳️‍🌈 As Pride Month comes to a close, we're reminded that inclusive research requires year-round commitment. Last Friday, PRISMA delivered an HR workshop for ICCF through the INCLUDE mentoring programme on fair recruitment, unconscious bias, equal opportunities in STEM and inclusive interviewing.

🌍 From Lisbon to Riga, from London to Crete, the INCLUDE Community of Practice is building connections across Europe. Join the conversation on gender equality and intersectionality in biomedical research. 🔗 include-cop.discourse.group

🔬 ¿Por qué el sexo y el género son importantes en la ciencia y la medicina? Únete a la charla de la Prof. Susanna Chiocca (IEO, Milán) sobre la integración de las dimensiones de sexo y género en la investigación biomédica. 📅 16 junio | 🕒 15:00 CET | 💻 Online us02web.zoom.us/j/8914671983...

📩 Have you read the 4th edition of the INCLUDE Newsletter? Discover updates from our Thematic Hubs, Community of Practice, mentoring activities, interviews, and upcoming opportunities to engage with our growing network. Subscribe and stay connected! 🌍🤝 include-geps.eu/newsletters/

Have you read the latest newsletter from our sister project INSPIRE? This issue features the INCLUDE CoP, our space for exchange, mutual learning and collaboration on gender equality and inclusion in biomedical research. We're delighted to continue building synergies for more inclusive science.

In this new interview, Francisca Casas-Cordero @isglobal.org reflects on the INCLUDE Manifesto, intersectionality, and the need to transform research cultures Read the interview, join our Community of Practice and stay tuned for the public launch of the Manifesto include-geps.eu/science-does...

This International Day Against LGBTIQA+phobia, we are sharing PRISMA’s 10 Actions towards LGBTQIA+ Equality in STEM🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ A practical guide to help research institutions build safer and more inclusive environments for LGBTQIA+ people Because inclusion requires concrete structural action 🌈🔬

On the International Day Against LGBTIQA+phobia, we reaffirm that diversity, inclusion and safety in science are essential for scientific excellence. This 17 May, we invite you to reflect and take action towards more inclusive scientific spaces 🌈🔬

🚀 INCLUDE doesn’t stop! Beyond the Thematic Hubs, our mentoring programme keeps driving change. UC & RSU led by Rita Santos and Diāna Kiščenko are advancing GEPs, Gender Equality Groups and reporting systems. 💬 Collaboration in action. #INCLUDEproject #GenderEquality #mentoring

The INCLUDE Project has concluded its Thematic Hub programme on gender equality & intersectionality in R&I across Europe 🌍 Our final Hub on Strategic Gender Budgeting highlighted one key message: budgets are never neutral. 📖 Read more on our website. include-geps.eu/finding-equa...

Last Friday, within the INCLUDE mentoring programme, @prismaciencia.bsky.social facilitated a session for the ICCF team on gender, intersectionality & sexual diversity 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Tiago Oliveira Botelho also presented PRISMA’s 10 Measures for LGBTIQA+ inclusion

🟣 INCLUDE at SOMMa WG-EDI Yesterday, ISGlobal presented INCLUDE Project actions on GEPs, highlighting training & awareness to drive structural change in research. #INCLUDEproject #GenderEquality

✨ Last week we launched our INCLUDE Community of Practice (CoP)! 🤝 60+ participants joined a rich exchange on gender equality & intersectionality in research. 🌱 Join our growing community: include-cop.discourse.group/signup #INCLUDEproject

📣 Join our next INCLUDE Thematic Hub on Strategic Gender Budgeting 🗓️5 May 2026 | 10:00–11:30 CET (online) This final session explores how Research Funding Organisations can drive more inclusive and accountable research through gender-responsive budgeting 👉 Register: shorturl.at/hNoZE

📣 LAST CALL | INCLUDE CoP launch Join us on 22 April (10:00–12:00 CET) for the launch of the INCLUDE Communities of Practice — a space for exchange, co-creation and learning on gender equality & intersectionality in biomedical research. 🔗 lnkd.in/eTuNw8sG

🎧 New podcast From theory to practice in intersectional gender equality How do we turn GEP commitments into real structural change? In this conversation by INSPIRE, Dounia Bourabain & Maria Sangiuliano explore how intersectionality can transform R&I systems www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzmU...

As part of the INCLUDE Project, Victoria Showunmi (UCL) visited VMU, delivering a keynote on Professionals, Power, Identity and leading a mentoring session on reducing inequalities, strengthening collaboration, and integrating gender perspectives in education.

📣 SAVE THE DATE INCLUDE CoP launch 📅 22 April | 🕙 10:00–12:00 CET Be part of a collaborative space for gender equality & intersectionality in biomedical research. Let’s build this community together 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🎙️ Voices from INCLUDE Interview with Diāna Kiščenko (RSU) on advancing gender equality & intersectionality in research. From personal experience to institutional change, her work highlights more inclusive research environments. Read more: www.rsu.lv/en/news/gend...

📊 Next week: INCLUDE Thematic Hub on Strategic Gender Budgeting in R&I. How can Gender Equality Plans translate into real budgets and measurable investment? Session with GRB expert Elizabeth Villagomez and Maria Sangiuliano. 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/d5zUt7-2

🎥 Missed the inspiring @inspireproject.bsky.social event in Barcelona? Watch the recording of the keynote by Prof. Victoria Showunmi (UCL) on embedding intersectionality in research practices, followed by a roundtable with Rachel Palmen, Yvonne Galligan, moderated by Sara Clavero.

🤝 Strengthening collaboration across EU sister projects. Last Friday in Barcelona, INCLUDE joined an inspiring event organised by @inspireproject.bsky.social Prof. Victoria Showunmi (UCL) reflected on how intersectionality can move from theory into everyday research practice.

This #InternationalWomensDay, EU sister projects working on gender equality in R&I join forces. Inequality is #NotRandom — it is structural and intersectional. Girls’ rights and trans women’s lives must not be overlooked. Inclusive GEPs and strong policies against GBV are essential.

💶📊 Strategic Gender Budgeting in R&I INCLUDE Thematic Hub – Session 2 Translating equality indicators into budget indicators 📅 17 March | 10:30–12:30 CET 💻 Online From GEP commitments to real resource allocation. 🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📢 LAST CALL Join the final session of the IMBB Thematic Hub: Gender & Intersectionality in Biomedical Research 📅 25 Feb | 14:00–16:00 EET | Online Let’s reflect together on gender, translational research & inclusive knowledge production.

🌍 INCLUDE in action On 11 Feb, VMU (LUMA project) organised the forum “Women’s Experiences and Perspectives in STEAM Sciences,” engaging researchers, students & the wider community. INCLUDE was presented, inviting dialogue on gender equality & diversity.

💜🤝On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are pleased to amplify the work of our sister project SEE-ERA. Together, across projects, we continue working to strengthen visibility, leadership, and structural transformation in European research.

🔬 On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we recognise women colleagues — in all their diversity — and the inner girls who believed in their potential and became role models for others. Inclusive science is better science. 🌍 #WomenInScience #GirlsInSTEM #includeGEPs

Today, #11F, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. 📖 To mark the occasion, we present the digital book “Mummy, I Want to Be a Scientist,” where 13 #ISGlobal women scientists share their stories and what inspired their vocation. 🔗 www.isglobal.org/en/-/libro-d...

✨ The 3rd INCLUDE newsletter is now available! Discover updates on project activities and a preview of the launch of the INCLUDE Communities of Practice (CoPs). 📬 Read it and subscribe via our website to receive future editions. #includeGEPs #HorizonEU include-geps.eu/newsletters/

🌍 UCL Thematic Hub | Final Session Don’t miss the third and final UCL Thematic Hub, focused on advanced intersectional methods for real-world research challenges. 🎙 Victoria Showunmi · Rakibe Kulcur 👉 Join the conversation: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

L'esdeveniment ha estat organitzat per @prismaciencia.bsky.social @isglobal.org @univgirona.bsky.social @cisa-udg.bsky.social pels projectes INCLUDE @includeprojecteu.bsky.social i GEPINC @gepinc.bsky.social

🌍 New article on our website! Intersectionality gains ground in Catalan research centres Organised by @isglobal.org @prismaciencia.bsky.social and the Universitat de Girona 👉 Read more: include-geps.eu/intersection...

🌀 We continue with our Thematic Hubs! 🧬 Gender & Intersectionality in Biomedical Research Session 3: Gender Dimension in Medical & Translational Research 25 Feb 2026 |14:00-16:00 EET 👉 Registration form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1N3y...

🌍 Interview with our IMBB hosts | INCLUDE Study Visit in Crete Insights from our hosts at IMBB–FORTH on peer learning, Thematic Hubs, and why in-person exchange matters for advancing gender equality and intersectionality in biomedical research. 👉 Read the interview: include-geps.eu/interview-in...

Comença el taller de co-creació sobre interseccionalitat als centres de recerca i universitats amb la presentació Simon Perera del Rosario (IBE-CSIC, PRISMA) @gepinc.bsky.social @includeprojecteu.bsky.social @univgirona.bsky.social

✨ INCLUDE & @gepinc.bsky.social sister projects ✨ Workshop on intersectionality in research organised by @isglobal.org @prismaciencia.bsky.social & GEPINC. A space for training, peer learning and co-creation, highlighting gender diversity as a key dimension for more inclusive research institutions🏳️‍🌈

📰 Learn more about our INCLUDE Study Visit — including the discussions, laboratory visits and in-person sessions of two key Thematic Hubs — through our press note. 👉 Read it on our website: include-geps.eu/include-stud...

🌍 INCLUDE Study Visit | Heraklion, Crete Two days of peer learning and strategic collaboration at IMBB sharing progress and challenges in GEP implementation. 🧬 Thanks to all partners for the strong engagement. Together, advancing gender equality & intersectionality in biomedical research.

🌈 Mapa LGTBIQA+ de Pamplona-Iruña Nuestros socios de @prismaciencia.bsky.social, junto al Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, presentaron este mapa interactivo que recoge casi 200 hitos de memoria, activismo y ciencia LGTBIQA+ en la ciudad. 🔗 Explora el mapa aquí: prismaciencia.org/mapaLGTBIQAp...

📣 INCLUDE | 2nd IMBB Thematic Hub Gender & Intersectionality in Biomedical Research Case studies from biological sciences on integrating sex, gender & intersecting dimensions into research content & methods. 🗓️ 15 Jan 2025 | 14:00–16:00 (GR time)

𝗦𝗘𝗘-𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. On November 21 SEE-ERA convened the 3rd online meeting with our sister projects 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗘 @includeprojecteu.bsky.social 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗘 @inspireproject.bsky.social Inspirequality, 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗦𝗔𝗙𝗘 @gendersafe-eu.bsky.social &𝗚𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗖

🌟 Launching the INCLUDE Hub on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB)! Session 1 explores how GRB strengthens Research Organisations and supports sustainable, well-resourced GEPs. With @ElizabethVillagómez and thanks to @SmartVenice for leading and facilitating. Join us 👉 forms.gle/7nP8KYTwPmeU...

🟣 R&I Institutions Against Gender-Based Violence Gender-based violence has no place in research and innovation. Our sister projects join forces today to highlight actions that strengthen inclusive cultures, GEPs, training, leadership accountability, and safe reporting systems. Change starts within.

🧬Join us for IMBB’s Thematic Hub! Gender+ & Intersectionality in Biomedical Research Session 1: Gendering Ethics & Integrity With Prof. Petousi & Dr. Loukakis. Open, participatory, and critical space for equity & diversity in research.

✴️ We continue with our INCLUDE Thematic Hubs ✴️ Huge thanks to UCL, Prof. Victoria Showunmi and Dr. Rakibe Külcür for an excellent session on collecting and using intersectional data. Brilliant insights, participatory methods, and rich knowledge exchange. #includeGEPs #intersectionalGEP #HorizonEU

Join us for the 2nd INCLUDE Thematic Hub by UCL: 🗓️ 17 Nov 2025 | 10:00 CET Collecting and Using Intersectional Data with Prof. Victoria Showunmi & Dr. Rakibe Külcür Let’s explore how intersectional data can drive real institutional change in research and practice. Register here: lnkd.in/eGMvF7nb

Earlier this month, INCLUDE partners met at the University of Coimbra for a two-day Study Visit focused on advancing gender equality and intersectionality in research. 💜 Thank you to all partners for your commitment and collaboration! include-geps.eu/include-stud...

✨ You’re still on time to join us! Final session of @isglobal.org Thematic Hub This last session will: • build strong arguments to advocate for diversity in research • explore reporting and protection mechanisms within organisations • discuss successful institutional practices for inclusion