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Webinar CPED Training - «The VSS in the ESR: getting the basics - sociological approaches and legal framework» presented by Rizlaine Afif
09/11/2026 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Click here to participateAs part of the grant awarded by MESRE, CPED is offering a series of webinars to raise awareness about combating violence in higher education and research. This webinar provides an introduction to sexual and gender-based violence in higher education and research. It will offer sociological insights (power dynamics, the continuum of violence, key statistics) and present the main legal concepts (definition of sexual and gender-based violence, hierarchy of criminal offenses, the concept of consent). We will also discuss the specific characteristics of disciplinary procedures in higher education and research and how they differ from criminal law. The webinar will include several quizzes to help you test and reinforce your knowledge.
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The actions of our Equality-Diversity missions in universities suffer from a lack of resources, not from "Islamo-leftism".
CPED brings together the Equality-Diversity officers of higher education establishments. Since its inception 10 years ago, it has been committed to working with the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) on the...
6th national day of equality missions in higher education and research
Policies to combat sexual and gender-based violence and discrimination are gaining ground in higher education and research (ESR), and are initiating a genuine structural change in French establishments. This change...
Press release: Sandrine Rousseau resigns as President of CPED
Due to her candidacy in the Europe Écologie - Les Verts primaries for the presidential elections, and in order to avoid any conflict of interest with her position as head of CPED, Sandrine Rousseau has decided to resign from the presidency. In order to...
LPPR: CPED heard by the Haut Conseil à l'Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes (High Council for Equality between Women and Men)
Press release - September 10, 2020 On Thursday, September 10, CPED represented by Sandrine Rousseau was heard by the High Council for Equality between Women and Men (HCE) on the impacts in terms of gender equality of the draft law of...
Health crisis, gender inequality and selection committees: our letter to facility presidents and directors
CPED has sent a letter to all the university presidents and directors of the grandes écoles in our network, alerting them to the consequences of the health crisis on the upcoming recruitment of teacher-researchers.
Activity report 2019
Journée nationale des référent-es égalité de l'ESR 2019 (photo: Université Lyon 2) 2019 will have been the last year in office for our outgoing President, Rozenn Texier-Picard, former Vice-President of Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility at ENS Rennes....
Press release - Action by the ESR gender equality missions is more necessary than ever: CPED establishments remain mobilized despite their closure
The current health situation has disrupted the organization of higher education and research establishments, of which the gender equality missions are essential links. The closure of our establishments has led to the cancellation...
Press release: Sandrine Rousseau elected head of CPED
On Thursday, March 19, 2020, the Board of Directors (BOD) of CPED elected Sandrine Rousseau, vice-president of gender equality and university life at the University of Lille, as president of the association. A partial renewal of the Board was also carried out...
International Women's Rights Day 2020: higher education, between mobilization and concern (press release)
Once again this year, March 8 is an opportunity for higher education establishments to mobilize around the visibility of women and their rights. To mark the occasion, many of the 93 universities, grandes écoles and Comue...
Launch of the "Fier de nos talents et des mots qui les disent!" campaign
In advance of March 8, 2020, Éditions iXe and seven associations, including CPED, are launching the FIÈRES DE NOS TALENTS ET DES MOTS QUI LES DISENT! campaign. Because when it comes to women, the names that designate activities long monopolized by men continue to be...
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