RRI Tools

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, with the collaboration of all EGERA (Effective Gender Equality in Research and the Academia) Partners

This document consists of an information sheet as well as best practices and guidelines for carrying out Gender Sensitive Research. The main goal of the database is to collect, assess and make visible and available to the scientific community a set of good practices to contribute to mainstream or strengthen gender perspective and Gender sensitive research, either by including it in projects, patents or research agreements or by initiatives and actions that contribute and facilitate such inclusion

This document provides a clear and consice explanation of key terms, such as sex and gender and gender sensitive research, and outlines the criteria for identifying good practices with respect to gender sensitivity in research.

It is clearly organized and provides an easy-to-use form for evaluating existing research for its gender sensitivity.