Krizlerle Yaratıcı Mücadelenin Daha İyi Hikayeleri

22 Eylül 2023 

İstanbul & Zoom

Sabancı Üniversitesi  

Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi 

The Seed 

Konferans boyunca Türkçe-İngilizce çeviri sağlanacaktır.

Horizon 2020 RESISTIRÉ Projesi, krizlerin yarattığı ve/ya derinleştirdiği sosyal eşitsizliklere dair 30 ay süren kapsamlı bir araştırmaya ve uzmanların katılımıyla düzenlenen atölye çalışmalarına dayanarak bir dizi politika önerisi geliştirmiştir. Bu önerilerden bir kısmı, kapsayıcı ve çok aktörlü kriz yönetimi ihtiyacı, Ulusal Toparlanma ve Dayanıklılık Planlarında kadınların deneyimlerinin ve bakış açılarının yansıtılmaması, krize bir devamlılık olarak yaklaşma ihtiyacı ile günümüz dünyasını şekillendiren çoklu krizlerle yaratıcı ve etkili bir şekilde mücadele edebilmek için dönüştürücü hibe programlarının potansiyellerine odaklanmıştır.

İstanbul’da yapılacak ve bir gün sürecek olan bu konferans, krizlerle yaratıcı mücadele örneklerine dair RESISTIRÉ bulgularının paylaşılmasının ardından proje kapsamında geliştirilen iki politika metnine odaklanacaktır:

• Crisis as a Continuum: Learning from an Inclusive Feminist Crisis Response RESISTIRÉ Factsheet 18  / Krizlerin Devamlılığı: Kapsayıcı Feminist Mücadeleden Dersler RESISTIRÉ Politika Metni 18 

• Transformative Funding Schemes: A Pathway for Creative and Effective Crisis Response RESISTIRÉ Factsheet 19 / Dönüştürücü Fon Desteği: Krizlerle Yaratıcı ve Etkili Mücadele için Bir Yol Haritası RESISTIRÉ Politika Metni 19

RESISTIRÉ araştırması, krize bir devamlılık olarak yaklaşmanın önemini; başka bir deyişle, krizden ‘önce’ hazırlık yapılması, krizin etkilerinin en belirgin olduğu “akut noktasında” etkili bir şekilde mücadele edilmesi ve krizin ‘sonrasının’ takip edilmesi gerektiğini göstermiştir. Sivil toplum kuruluşları (STK’lar) bu devamlılığın tüm aşamalarına müdahale etmede, özellikle de en kırılgan grupların ihtiyaçlarının karşılanmasında kilit rol oynamaktadır. 

Araştırma bulgularımız, taban örgütlenmelerinin ve sivil toplum kuruluşlarının, pandemiden doğan ihtiyaçlara hızlı bir şekilde ve yenilikçi yöntemlerle yanıt verme konusunda resmi kurumlardan daha atik davrandığını göstermektedir. Avrupa ve dünya çok sayıda kriz ve felaketle (sağlık, savaş, enerji, gıda güvenliği, doğanın tahribatı, kuraklık, yangınlar, depremler, toplumsal cinsiyete dayalı şiddet) karşı karşıya olduğundan, STK’ların dayanıklılığını destekleyen ve krizlerle yaratıcı ve etkili mücadele edilmesini sağlayan hibe programlarının tasarlanması daha da zorunlu hale gelmiştir. Bu da hibe programlarında dönüştürücü, katılımcı, esnek, uzun vadeli, kapasite geliştirici çekirdek fon desteğine doğru bir değişimi gerektirmektedir. 

Bu oturumlar, dönüştürücü hibe programlarının daha iyi hikayeleriyle krizler bağlamında feminist ve LGBTQI+ mücadelenin daha iyi hikayelerini bir araya getirerek hem STK’ları hem fon kuruluşlarını içinden geçtiğimiz çoklu krizler karşısında nasıl daha dayanıklı, etkili ve yaratıcı hale getirebileceğimize dair elzem bir tartışmaya ve paylaşıma alan açmayı hedefliyor.

Konferans Programı 

Oturum I

Krizlerle Yaratıcı Mücadele: RESISTIRÉ Bulguları

13.00 – 14.15

Moderatör: Marina Cacace (Knowledge and Innovation) 

• Alain Denis (Yellow Window)  

RESISTIRÉ’nin Yaratıcı Metodolojisi 

• Sofia Strid (Göteborg Üniversitesi)  

RESISTIRÉ Bulguları ve Kayda Değer Etki Alanları 

• Pınar Ensari, Elena Ghidoni, Nazlı Türker 

RESISTIRÉ Anlatılar Kitabı: (Better) Stories from the Pandemic / Pandeminin (Daha) İyi Hikayeleri 

• Oğulcan Yediveren (SPoD – Sosyal Politika, Cinsiyet Kimliği ve Cinsel Yönelim Çalışmaları Derneği) 

Anket Metodolojisi Kullanan Araştırmacılar için LGBTQIA+ Kapsayıcılık El Kitabı 

Oturum II

Kriz ve Dayanışma: Pandemi ve Deprem Çalışmaları Bağlamında Türkiye’deki Feminist ve LGBTQI+ Mücadeleden Dersler

14.30 – 16.30

Moderatör: Ayşe Gül Altınay (Sabancı Üniversitesi) 

Sunum: RESISTIRÉ politika metinleri (Agnieszka Kolasińska, ISAS) 

Sunum: RESISTIRÉ Politika Metni 18: “Krizlerin Devamlılığı: Kapsayıcı Feminist Mücadeleden Dersler” (Ayşe Gül Altınay) 

Yuvarlak Masa:  

• Gülşah Şeydaoğlu (Kadın Koalisyonu) 
• Nebahat Akkoç (KAMER – Kadın Merkezi Vakfı) 
• Sevgi Uçan Çubukçu (EŞİK – Eşitlik için Kadın Platformu) 
• Havva Kafes (17 Mayıs Derneği) 
• Aysel Fidan (BAKAD – Barış için Kültürel Araştırmalar Derneği) 

Oturum III

Dönüştürücü Fon Desteği: Krizlerle Yaratıcı ve Etkili Mücadele için Bir Yol Haritası

17.00 – 19.00

Moderatörler: Alain Denis (Yellow Window) ve Hülya Adak (Sabancı Üniversitesi) 

Sunum: RESISTIRÉ Politika Metni 19: “Dönüştürücü Fon Desteği: Krizlerle Yaratıcı ve Etkili Mücadele için Bir Yol Haritası” (Ayşe Gül Altınay, Pınar Ensari, Nazlı Türker) 

Yuvarlak Masa: 

• Bethan Cansfield (Sigrid Rausing Trust) 
• Magda Pocheć (FemFund Polonya) 
• Mieke Verloo (Flax Vakfı) 
• Gülseren Onanç (SES – Eşitlik ve Dayanışma Derneği) 
• Nevgül Bilsel Safkan (Sabancı Vakfı)

Better Stories Of Creative Crisis Response

22 September 2023 

Istanbul & online

Based on 30 months of research and co-creative workshops with experts on inequalities in the face of crises, RESISTIRÉ has developed a series of policy recommendations regarding the need for inclusive and multi-actor crisis management, the missing perspectives of women in the pandemic National Recovery and Resilience Plans, the need to approach crisis as a continuum, and the potentials of transformative funding schemes for developing creative and effective civic responses to the multiple crises that shape our contemporary world.   

This one-day conference in Istanbul will highlight RESISTIRÉ findings on creative crisis responses followed by two dedicated sessions on RESISTIRÉ recommendations:  

• Crisis as a Continuum: Learning from an Inclusive Feminist Crisis Response RESISTIRÉ Factsheet 18  

• Transformative Funding Schemes: A Pathway for Creative and Effective Crisis Response RESISTIRÉ Factsheet 19 

RESISTIRÉ research has shown that crisis is best approached as a continuum, with the need to prepare ‘before’ the crisis, to respond effectively ‘during’ the peak manifestation of the crisis, and to follow the ‘afterlife’ of the crisis. Civil society organizations (CSOs) play a key role in responding to all phases of this continuum, particularly in terms of addressing the needs of the most vulnerable groups.        

Our research findings suggest that grassroots civil society organizations are often more agile to respond quickly to unmet needs, often in innovative ways. As Europe and the world face multiple crises and disasters (health, war, energy, food security, environmental degradation, drought, fires, earthquakes, gender-based violence), it has become all the more imperative to design funding schemes that support CSO resilience and enable creative and effective civic responses to crises. This requires a shift in funding schemes towards transformative, participatory, flexible, long-term, capacity-building core funding. 

These sessions aim to bring together the better stories of feminist and LGBTQI+ response to crises and better stories of transformative funding schemes for a much-needed conversation on how to make both funding organizations and NGOs more resilient, effective and creative in the face of the many crises and challenges facing the world today.

All sessions will be hybrid, click below to register for online attendance. Live translation between English and Turkish will be available throughout the conference.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Session I : RESISTIRÉ Findings on Creative Crisis Response

13.00 – 14.15 (Istanbul time)

Moderator: Marina Cacace (Knowledge and Innovation)   

• Alain Denis (Yellow Window): RESISTIRÉ’s Creative Methodology

• Sofia Strid (University of Gothenburg): RESISTIRÉ Results and Key Impact

• Pınar Ensari, Elena Ghidoni, Nazlı Türker: RESISTIRÉ Book of Narratives: (Better) Stories from the Pandemic

• Oğulcan Yediveren (SPoD – Social Policy, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association): LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Handbook for Researchers Using Survey Methodology

Session II: Crisis and Solidarity: Learning from Feminist & LGBTQI+ Crisis Response to the Pandemic and the Earthquake in Türkiye

14.30 – 16.30 (Istanbul time)

Moderator: Ayşe Gül Altınay (Sabancı University)  

Agnieszka Kolasińska: Presentation on the RESISTIRÉ factsheets

Ayşe Gül Altınay: Presentation of the RESISTIRÉ Factsheet: “Crisis as a Continuum – Learning from an Inclusive Feminist Crisis Response”

Roundtable:

• Gülşah Şeydaoğlu (Women’s Coalition) 
• Nebahat Akkoç (KAMER Women’s Center)
• Sevgi Uçan Çubukçu (EŞİK – Women for Equality Platform) 
• Havva Kafes (May 17 Association)
• Aysel Fidan (BAKAD – Cultural Studies for Peace Association)

Session III: Transformative Funding: A Pathway for Creative and Effective Crisis Response

17.00 – 19.00 (Istanbul time)

Moderators: Alain Denis (Yellow Window) and Hülya Adak (Sabancı University)  

Ayşe Gül Altınay, Pınar Ensari, Nazlı Türker: Presentation of the RESISTIRÉ Factsheet “Transformative Funding: A Pathway for Creative and Effective Crisis Response

Roundtable:

• Bethan Cansfield (Sigrid Rausing Trust)
• Magda Pocheć (FemFund Poland)
• Mieke Verloo (Flax Foundation)
• Gülseren Onanç (SES Equality and Solidarity Association)
• Nevgül Bilsel Safkan (Director of the Sabancı Foundation)

Older people’s rights are regularly undermined and that has been exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic. Safeguarding their rights and dignity is essential. The self-determination and autonomy of older people should be ensured everywhere (in care, on the street, in the family, etc.) and should not be limited by a paternalistic vision: older people should be supported to take their own decisions. In particular, the pandemic has shown that based on the assumption that older people should be protected, it has been decided for them that they should not “take risks”, e.g., by taking care of their grandchildren, going shopping, or meeting other residents of the nursing home.

Raising awareness through the “Right(s) now!” game

These cards are based on the observation that older people are not sufficiently aware of their rights, as well as those who feel responsible for protecting them.

Against this background, the RESISTIRÉ project has developed a game based on postcards, to raise awareness among different groups (older people, professionals in the care sector, people in charge of safeguarding rights, young students) on the human rights of older people, how to access support, and how to prevent situations like those observed during the pandemic from happening in the future, even in the absence of crises.

As RESISTIRÉ aims to find sustainable solutions to inequalities and strengthen societal resilience to outbreaks, each card provides insights as well as recommendations, including examples of solutions relating to the specific situation introduced in the card. All policy recommendations produced over the 30 months of project activity can be viewed here. 

How does it work?

Each postcard has two sides:

1. The front side presents an emotion together with an image and the question “Who am I?”. This is intended to spark the discussion, where players can engage in guesswork.

2. The back side contains a narrative that describes a particular experience associated with the clues provided in the front side of the card. This is followed by a list of facts leading to the violation of the rights and freedoms of older people during the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on this information, this second part of this game consists in:

• discussing the specific rights and freedoms being breached in relation to the particular case being presented, based on information provided in a QR code inserted in the back side of the card;
• discussing how this situation could be prevented in the future.

The QR code displayed at the back of the card links to more information on the rights of older people as well as recommendations provided by the RESISTIRÉ project team, including examples of solutions relating to the specific personal situations introduced in the cards. 

What next?

The “Right(s) now!” game cards can be printed out by anyone and can be used, for example, for a discussion in a nursing home, as a side activity of a senior activity, or as a resource in an educational context. The game can be further developed to be adapted for use in different contexts and for different target groups e.g., in the training of the police, social workers, nurses, help-carers, etc.

12 cards are available as in a PDF document that can be easily printed in A4 format. Simply fold/cut them in two and glue both sides to start using them!

Find out more!

RESISTIRÉ is organising a webinar on 26 September to:  

• introduce the game to NGOs working with and for older people to promote and safeguard their human rights and dignity; to professionals in the care sector; and to equality bodies in Member States;  
• reflect on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic on how to prevent the undermining of older people’s human rights in future crises;   
• discuss the potential uses of the game in different settings.     

Panellists

Mary Harkin (Age and Opportunity, Ireland)

Mary Harkin is Policy, Research and Evaluation Manager in Age and Opportunity, the national agency seeking to challenge ageism and increase participation of older people in the areas of in the areas of arts, sport and physical activity, lifelong learning and civic engagement.   Age & Opportunity’s research and evaluation output has made an important contribution to the understanding of how to increase participation of older people in Irish society and inform government policies, actions and communications to this end.  Mary has worked with many universities and researchers on research projects that are of interest to older people and has established a PPI group of older persons to engage with and advise researchers on projects relevant to the work of Age & Opportunity.

Alice Delerue Matos (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal)

Alice Delerue Matos, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal. Throughout her career, she has actively contributed to various academic organizations, including the International Association of French-Speaking Sociologists, the Portuguese Sociological Association, and the Portuguese Demographic Association, where she has held board or scientific coordination positions. Her research primarily focuses on the Sociology of Aging and Demography, areas in which she has served as a principal investigator or scientific advisor for numerous research projects, such as SHARE-Portugal, under her coordination for more than a decade. Her research was funded by esteemed institutions such as the European Commission, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Erasmus+, POI SE, and MSD. Alice Delerue Matos has authored and co-authored over one hundred ISI articles and book chapters in collaboration with international research teams. She was honoured with the Teaching Merit Award by the University of Minho. Additionally, three of her intervention research projects have received Good Practice Awards.

Bibiana Savin (Sage Advocacy, Ireland)

Bibiana Savin is the Case Management & Support (Asst. CEO) with Sage Advocacy, an organisation that provides independent advocacy and support services to older people, vulnerable adults, and healthcare patients.  Bibiana has social work, sociology, business studies, and advocacy qualification and holds a Master of Social Science (Human Rights and Social Policy) from Maynooth University.  She completed additional training in Leading Strategic Projects Programme with Saïd Business School, and DIPEx International Accreditation with Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.  Bibiana is a Patient and Public Interest (PPI) Representative on a number of national forums such as the National Office for Clinical Audit, HSE Patient & Service User Forum, and the Emergency Department Taskforce. She is a member of the HSE Assisted Decision Making Transitional Oversight Group and the HSE Mental Health Engagement & Recovery Subgroup for Sharing the Vision Recommendation 65 Project.  Bibiana is also a member of the Irish Gerontological Society Executive Committee.

Colin Scott (Hourglass, Scotland and Northern Ireland)

Colin Scott works for Hourglass, the UK’s only charity dedicated to calling time on the harm, abuse and exploitation of older people, and promoting safer ageing for all.  Hourglass operates a free-to-call*, 24/7 helpline that is free to use from a UK landline or mobile, and delivers 1-1 support to older victim-survivors aged 60 and over.  Colin is responsible for service delivery in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and started working with Hourglass days before the UK’s first national COVID lockdown in March 2020.

Provisional programme

12.00 Welcome and introduction to RESISTIRÉ, the webinar and its objectives 

12.10 Introduction to the flashcards 

12.30 Panel with representatives of civil society organisations

13.00 Reflection and discussion

13.25 Final remarks and conclusion

13.30 Close

Join us on 26 September to find out more and discuss the concept!

Lessons from the pandemic for future research
on health inequalities:
The importance of an intersectional lens

RESISTIRÉ Research Agenda Online Webinar

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Quickly after being identified as a public health emergency, it was clear that the COVID-19 pandemic affected us not only in terms of infections and deaths, but it also impacted many other health-related aspects of our lives.

With the last of the Research Agenda webinar series, RESISTIRÉ invites experts to reflect on some of the knowledge gaps in the field of health inequalities identified during the research done in the past two years. Aware that the project cannot cover all the research needs linked to the impact of  the pandemic and associated policies on health inequalities, we aim to bring these research gaps to the attention of other stakeholders who are interested in bringing them forward. In particular, we call for more intersectional research on this topic, as well as further investigation of the long-term impacts on health and health inequalities.

Outline

The webinar starts with a presentation of RESISTIRÉ’s research agenda on health inequalities and on intersectional data collection and analysis – outlining the identified knowledge gaps and research questions related to these topics – followed by each of the panellists’ reactions, a discussion moderated by our partner Sciensano and questions from the audience.

Invited panellists

• Aziz Naji, coordinator of the Unit “défis fédéraux de société” and of the Programme Drogues of BELSPO
• Raffaella Bucciardini, Director of the Health Equity Unit at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Health)

RESISTIRE’s outputs related to health inequalities

RESISTIRE has identified knowledge gaps and research questions on health inequalities in its Agenda for Future Research from its 3rd research cycle and on intersectional data collection and analysis in its Agenda for Future Research from 2nd cycle. These findings allow us to support further research aimed at improving the development and implementation of crisis-related policies/responses considering their impacts on vulnerable groups and (pre-)existing inequalities, more specifically covering the following domains:

• Long-term and intersectional effects on mental health;
• Unequal access to sexual and reproductive health;
• Access to preventive resources for physical and mental health;
• Institutional support and interconnections between civil societies and professionals;
• Digital literacy and health;
• Gaps in intersectional data and in intersectional analysis

RESISTIRÉ’s factsheet on the need for “More Intersectional data” also provides recommendations on how this can be applied to the field of health inequalities.

Promoting pandemic preparedness: health and policy responses to protect wellbeing and address social inequalities

Date: Thursday, 7 September 2023

Location: University Foundation, Rue d’Egmont 11, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

RESISTIRÉ partner Claudia Aglietti will present the project’s key findings at Promoting pandemic preparedness: health and policy responses to protect wellbeing and address social inequalities, a conference organised by the RESPOND project.

We are thrilled to take part in the event alongside sister projects COVINFORM, PERISCOPE, and SHARE-COVID. These projects were funded by a SARS-CoV-2 grant from the European Union, within the scheme “Innovative and rapid health-related approaches to respond to COVID-19 and to deliver quick results for society for a higher level of preparedness of health systems (SC1-PHE- CORONAVIRUS-2020-2)”.

Picture: RESPOND

On 20 and 21 June, RESISTIRÉ organised its Final Conference “Towards Inclusive Crisis Responses” to share the project results and reflect on the recommendations developed during 30 months of research activities. The conference, held in Brussels and streamed on Zoom, gathered international experts, policymakers, activists, and representatives of NGOs, pilot projects and sister projects. Let’s look back on this inspiring 1.5 day event!

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SESSION 1: Opening of RESISTIRÉ’s Final Conference, presentation of the project and keynote speech

Colette Schrodi, RESISTIRÉ Communication Officer, and Emmanouil Detsis, RESISTIRÉ Coordinator, European Science Foundation

Oriane Gilloz, Policy Officer at the Gender Sector at European Commission Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD)

Alain Denis, lead for developing RESISTIRÉ Open Studios, Yellow Window

Sofia Strid, RESISTIRÉ Scientific Coordinator, University of Gothenburg

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SESSION 2: Better stories of responding to gender-based violence in the pandemic: Feminist solidarity in times of crisis

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The Open Studio Approach

Moderator: Anne-Charlott Callerstig, Örebro University

Panellists: Nazli Turker, Sabanci University; Aart Kerremans, Yellow Window; Alicja Bobek, Technical University of Dublin; Lina Sandström, Örebro University

The Book of Narratives: (BETTER) STORIES FROM THE PANDEMIC

The book is introduced by Claudia Aglietti and Elena Ghidoni before the whole editorial team joins them on stage.

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SESSION 3: Beyond connection: caring for an inclusive digital transition

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SESSION 4: Bringing back care to healthcare

Moderation: Agnieszka Kolasińska, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Conclusions from RESISTIRÉ’s research: Federica Rossetti, Sciensano

Innovative Pilot Solutions:

• Green spaces as eco-systems of care: Clément Rames (aquí)
• Care Fair: Aneta Brunerová (Nevypusť duši)

Panel discussion:

• Hanna Haveri, Specialist in neurology with competence in eHealth and planetary health physician at Päijät-Häme Joint Authority for Health and Wellbeing.
• Caroline Costongs, Director of EuroHealthNet
• Anke Witteveen, Clinical Psychology Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands
• Anna Szczegielniak, Psychiatry specialist, researcher and clinician at the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice

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Presentations from sister projects & impressions from pilot projects

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SESSION 5: Policy support for inclusive crisis responses

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closing keynote speech: looking towards the future

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Special thanks to Joyce from Visuality for creating the visuals summarising each session!

“(Better) stories From the Pandemic” is a book collecting 80 stories, 80 interviews with people who shared their experiences during the pandemic, experiences that speak about gender and intersecting inequalities.

During Resistiré we have collected almost 800 interviews and at some point, we wondered “how could we give these stories wider dissemination and allow them to inspire others? Then the idea of the book was brought forward.

In the pages of the book you will find the experiences of people who were already exposed to systemic social injustices, even before the pandemic shocked the world. In their own voices, the protagonists open up to tell how some of their difficulties suddenly escalated and became extremely unbearable during the crisis.

You will find stories of working mothers juggling various tasks. Stories of health workers exposed to unbearable risks and stress. Stories of young transsexuals forced into isolation with hostile parents. As well as undocumented migrants, people with disabilities and older people exposed to isolation.

In terms of structure, the book has no chapters, it is not divided in themes, nor by country. We resisted the idea of clustering each story in a specific theme. Instead, we liked this idea of having a flow, and sequencing the stories in waves: a challenging story is followed by one that conveys hope, resistance or change.

RESISTIRÉ partner Adam Brandstetter-Kunc presented the project’s key findings at the final stakeholder conference organised by HERoS on 25 May 2023 in Gdansk, Poland.

RESISTIRÉ’s framework and methodology were introduced before showcasing examples of innovative solutions developed throughout the project, such as the production of factsheets and the launch of pilot projects. The presentation then focused on RESISTIRÉ’s findings regarding the missing perspective of women in National Recovery and Resilience Plans, a topic we have covered in a report and recommendations to policymakers.

The conference, titled Health Emergency Response in Interconnected Systems, highlighted findings of the HERoS project based on research conducted between 2020 and 2023 in the context of the COVID-19 crisis to improve pandemic responses.

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, studies have shown the negative impact that the crisis and the socio-economic lockdown have had on women researchers’ careers and productivity.

A new Commission Expert Group on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality in research and innovation was launched in March 2022 to investigate this phenomenon and develop recommendations to mitigate these negative consequences. The Expert Group is composed of 12 members, including RESISTIRÉ partner María López Belloso.

The new Expert Group just published its first report, which investigates the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and the pandemic containment measures put in place at institutional, national and EU level on gender equality in the EU R&I system.

The report highlights in particular the pandemic’s gendered impact on academic productivity, early career researchers and work-life balance, and provides recommendations to address these gendered inequalities, with the aim to strengthen gender equality in R&I in the post-COVID recovery.

INTERSECTIONALITY AND HEALTHCARE:
LESSONS LEARNT FROM RESISTIRÉ

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant backlogs and delays in the healthcare sector. Attention given to the fight against the virus meant that other areas of healthcare have been deprioritised and people in need of non-urgent medical care, e.g., those living with chronic conditions, were less likely to have their medical needs met. As a result, pre-existing health inequalities have become even more visible, and access to quality health services – almost impossible for those less privileged. As revealed by the RESISTIRÉ research findings, women and girls, especially in rural and marginalised communities, struggled to receive adequate treatment and medical care. This was furthermore compounded by multiple or intersecting inequalities, such as ethnicity, socioeconomic status, disability, age, race, geographic location and sexual orientation. These healthcare disparities, brought into the spotlight by the COVID-19 emergency, call for a more intersectional approach to public health allowing for more targeted interventions and effective policies.

In this webinar we reflect on the prerequisites of more resilient healthcare systems across Europe. We look into the examples of good practices presented by the invited speakers in order to draw conclusions on how to ensure the continuity of healthcare services and how to address the physical, psychological and social health needs of vulnerable groups in the event of future emergencies.

Panellists

Mateusz Bieżuński

FEDERA Foundation for Women and Family Planning

Mateusz is a law student interested in sexual and reproductive health and rights and an activist of FEDERA. Professionally, he researches the anti-gender movement.

Karen Mullié

Community Health Workers

Karen has been working for the Christian Health Insurance Fund (CM) since 1998. Her focus areas are patient rights and advocacy. Since 2021 she has been working as the federal coordinator of the intermutual Community Health Workers project in Belgium.

Mathias Neelen

 Community Health Workers

Mathias started working for the Socialist Health Insurance Fund (Solidaris) in 2012. He focusses on accessibility, affordability, and quality of healthcare in Belgium. From the start of the COVID crisis in 2020, he contributed to the intermutual management of Field Agents in Flemish contact tracing. Since 2021 he is active as deputy coordinator of the intermutual Community Health Workers project in Belgium.

Tamás Gerencsér

Budapest Methodological Centre of Social Policy and Its Institutions

Tamás is a Policy Officer of the Training and Policy Department of BMSZKI. In this role he coordinates international strategic partnership projects such as PIE4shelters aimed to implement the principles of the Psychological Informed Environment approach into the operation of services where women are accommodated in our organisation, as well as the Erasmus+ Women and Homelessness project, sharing good practices and working methods in connection to the support of women experiencing homelessness.