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Webinar - Balance ton stage survey results
09/24/2026 from 12:10 PM to 1:00 PM Click here to participateFollowing the webinar presenting the national survey on gender-based and sexual violence experienced by students on internships and work-study programs, held by the association Balance ton stage in December 2025, it is now time to share the results! «This survey aims to make visible the gender-based and sexual violence experienced by students on internships and work-study programs, and to provide higher education institutions and organizations with the tools to improve the prevention and handling of this violence. It aims to strengthen equality policies and the fight against gender-based and sexual violence by fully integrating internship and work-study periods, which are still too often neglected today.»
This will be an opportunity to interact with the Balance ton stage team, as well as to jointly consider the actions taken within higher education and research to combat sexual and gender-based violence during internships and work-study programs.
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Catalogue CPED-Formation
The CPED is pleased to present its training catalog on sexist, sexual, and gender-based violence. These trainings directly align with the fulfillment of its corporate purpose: they are offered to institutions...
Awareness Resources – Hazing and SVSH
For the start of the 2026–2027 academic year, CPED is offering new resources to raise student awareness about hazing, particularly the VSS events that take place in this context. We partnered with the impact-driven production company MAKE CHANGE...
CPED 2026 Thesis Award
The 2026 call for nominations for the CPED Thesis Award is now open! The deadline for submitting nominations is September 30, 2026. General Terms and Conditions Established in 2024 at the initiative of CPED to support research on...
34th CPED Conference at the University of Bordeaux
On July 3, the day after the 11th National Day of Equality and Diversity Initiatives in Higher Education and Research—organized by the MESRE, the CPED, and the institutional conferences—the 34th CPED Meetings were held at the University of...
INTER-VSS Research Survey on the Prevention of Gender-Based and Sexual Violence
CPED is sharing information with its network about the INTER-VSS research project, titled «Mapping and Characterizing Prevention INTERventions to Combat Gender-Based and Sexual Violence in Higher Education and Research.» This...
International Day Against LGBTQI+phobias 2026: Mapping of Actions in Higher Education and Research
View full screen In 2024, police and gendarmerie services recorded over 3,000 crimes and offenses targeting LGBT individuals in France—a figure three times higher than in 2016 (CNCDH, March 2026). At the same time, SOS Homophobie counted 1...
Conclusion of the CPED "Parenting" Working Group
On Monday, May 4, the University of Lille hosted the closing session of the CPED «Parenting» working group. Over the course of a year, this group brought together some fifteen institutions around a common goal: to provide higher education with practical tools...
Overview of equality/equity, diversity, and inclusion policies in higher education and research within the Francophonie
On the occasion of International Francophonie Day, the Francophone Network for Equality/Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REFEDI) is publishing a tool dedicated to policies and mechanisms for Equality/Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in...
Making a toolbox available to combat LGBTQI+phobias in higher education and research
The LGBTQI+ Chair and CPED have jointly developed a toolkit for raising awareness about the fight against LGBTQI+phobia in higher education and research institutions. This work is part of the deployment of the policy of...
Lexicon of parenthood. For a culture of equality in higher education and research
CPED led a working group on parenthood from March 2025 to February 2026, bringing together some fifteen member establishments, as well as doctoral students, researchers and expert associations... It was set up in response to a need to share...
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