From July 4 to 7, CPED was at the 3rd International Congress on Gender Studiesorganized by the Gender Institute in partnership with theToulouse Jean Jaurès University. The theme of the 2023 edition: "No(s) Futur(s). Gender: upheavals, utopias, impatience". This is one of the main challenges of CPED: to support research on gender.
CPED was a partner in the semi-plenary round table " VSS in the ESR: from listening to sanctions ". It was chaired by Sylvie Cromer (sociologist, Université́ Lille) and included Marie-Agnès Palaisi (University Professor, CEIIBA, Arpège, UT2J), Marion Duquet and Chloé Chassagnac for Collectif Anthropossum, Student association promoting anthropology and ethnology (Toulouse), Philippe Liotard (President of CPED) and Maïlys Derenemesnil, (Legal member of ANEF).
This time was used to show the major advances for the past five years, presenting local examples and student initiatives, highlighting the limitations in terms of recognition of expertise on the issue of sexist and sexual violence, recall (and discuss) the need to thinking in terms of confidentiality and the importance of not doing anything without the victim's agreement, note the plurality of temporalities (protection, prevention, investigation, sanction procedures, etc.), emphasize the distinction and complementarity of disciplinary and criminal procedures, as well as the compartmentalization and articulation of the listening, investigation and sanction phases, and finally, set out the need to recall the rights and obligations of civil servants and the need for a code of ethics.
At various points, presentations shed light on the following issues challenges and threats to gender studies in different countries. Warnings have been sounded about the future of this field of research in Romania and Hungary, where gender studies are the main focus of research. target of reactionary policies and (neo)conservative counter-movements.
Consult the conference programwhich testifies to the richness and relevance of gender studies.