Who we are
GADIP is a non-governmental organisation established 2012 in Gothenburg. The organisation is managed by a working board with an equal division of academics and practitioners. GADIP is a network for feminists within academia and civil society who are interested and engaged in mutual knowledge and best practice exchange.
We are not bound to a political party or religion. The aim is to create a forum in which academics, practitioners and activists can meet in dialogue concerning gender and Development issues in Sweden and internationally.
GADIP cooperates with the European network WIDE+ (Women in Development Europe+) which has since 2007 included more than 60 practitioners from 33 different organisations, as well as researchers from different Universities in Sweden.
GADIP cooperates with the European network WIDE+ (Women in Development Europe+) which has since 2007 included more than 60 practitioners from 33 different organisations, as well as researchers from different Universities in Sweden.
GADIP is currently working on a project We-EMPOWER “Expanding tools in Addressing Barriers for Migrant Women to Participate in Democratic Life”and COPGENDERED “Gender and Climate Justice: Knowledge for Empowerment” which is supported by EU and ERASMUS. The Project partners include Austria, Belgium, Spain, Netherlands, Serbia, Denmark and Sweden.
Gender Backlash
GADIP´S annual conference
The purpose of this conference is to illuminate how women systematically are being deprived of their human dignity and subsequently becomes lawless and vulnerable to abuse of various kinds. Our seminar wants to highlight that this is a global phenomenon with many faces where the fundamental issue is concerning women’s right to decide about their own lives, have influence in the society and not being subject to physical or mental abuse. Read more
