Cátedra UNESCO igualdad de Género en Instituciones de Educación Superior

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Awareness-raising

The current inequalities in our society towards women have led to various initiatives, projects, programs and legislation aimed at eradicating these gaps and ensuring that women live lives free from violence. Therefore, from the normative framework at the international level to the most local and even organizational instances, generating actions to promote equality is substantial, as mentioned in UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” (UNWOMEN 2015). In order to contribute to Peruvian national goals, the UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru has been working since 2016 with the aim of promoting more democratic universities that eradicate the current situations of inequality towards women and that promote actions so that women can develop their capacities in a free and complete manner, in safe spaces and without violence. To this end, part of the actions that we carry out are focused on raising awareness and training the university communities in Peru, in order to identify the needs that they have to face the different problems related to the inequalities between men and women.

The awareness and training of the university community (authorities, teachers, students, administrative staff) is carried out through workshops of different lengths, based on a participatory methodology that combines theory with cases, recreational activities and multimedia tools that seek reflection and learning, adjusted to the needs of the educational institution.  

  1. Topics:
  • Women in Science and Engineering
  • Gender roles and stereotypes
  • Gender discrimination
  • Inequalities towards women
  • Inclusive language
  • Women’s Leadership
  • Reconciliation between private and professional life
  • Gender Equality Policies
  • Harassment and sexual harassment
  • Gender-based violence against women
  • Journalism and gender

Photo contest “Peruvian women in times of pandemic”

The UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality at PUCP invites interested members of the public to participate in the photo contest “Peruvian women in times of pandemic”. We are looking for photos that portray, from the point of view of Peruvian women, the different ways in which the pandemic generated by covid-19 has affected their daily lives. The images selectedby a committee specialized in gender, art and photography will participate in a virtual photo exhibition organized by the UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions. The call is open at the national level and ends on June 14, 2020.

  • Call for photographs 2020: closed.

Research and Gender Perspective Essay Competition

The UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality and the Gender Studies Research Group present the “Research and Gender Perspective Essay Competition” with the aim of promoting the inclusion of the gender perspective in the research of undergraduate and graduate students at the national and international level. The gender perspective includes, among others, the situation of inequality of women, queer and LGTB studies, the discussion around masculinities, an intersectional look at gender, harassment and sexual violence, the sexual division of labor, etc. There are no restrictions on the thematic areas as long as the gender perspective is included.

  • Call for essays 2019: closed.
  • Call for photographs 2020: closed.
  • Call for photographs 2021: closed.

Photo contest “Long-distance education in times of pandemic”

The UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality at PUCP invites the interested public to participate in the international photography contest “Long-distance education in times of pandemic”. We are looking for unpublished photos that portray the challenges, problems and solutions arising from long-distance education, as well as how it has reshaped personal, social and family dynamics as it has moved from the public space to the home. Photos must be been taken between mid-March 2020 to date (during the pandemic). At the end of the call for photographs, the best images will be selected by a committee specialized in gender, education and photography and will participate in a virtual exhibition organized by the UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

  • Call for photographs 2021: closed.

Since the creation of the UNESCO-PUCP Chair in 2016, we have held a series of conferences that have sought to promote gender equality, women’s participation in science and engineering careers, women’s leadership, the insertion of gender issues in public and private agendas, the development of gender policies, the elimination of gender-based violence, among others. Among our activities, the following stand out:

The gender gaps in careers linked to science, technology and innovation are evident in the academic and professional careers of male and female teachers. If we look at the data, in teaching, women represent only 19% of university teachers who do research in engineering and technology, and 17% of full members of the National Academy of Science (INEI, 2010; ANC, 2016; Gibney, 2016). At PUCP, during 2019, only 10% of the total senior professors in the Department of Engineering were women and only 24% of the total students in the Faculty of Science and Engineering were women. Faced with this situation, the UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality at PUCP has been developing various strategies to raise awareness and promote careers in science, technology and innovation among girls, adolescents, university students and teachers. Our goal is to get more girls and women involved in this area of knowledge and research. Among our activities, the following stand out:

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