Mainstreaming Gender in International Organisations - with Shirin Heidari

Sahar Taghdisi Rad, PIR, Social Sciences

Fascinating session on NGOs' role in advocating for gender and sex equity, delivered by Dr Shirin Heidari, President of GENDRO.

Fyvie Hall, Regent Street campus, University of Westminster

This highly recommended session will look at gender from an international NGO perspective. Dr Shirin Heidari from GENDRO, an NGO advocating for gender and sex equity in research, will present an overview of GENDRO&#x27;s work, the relationship between NGOs and international organisations in the field of gender equality, and a criticism of gender &#x27;mainstreaming&#x27;. This is a unique opportunity to learn from a leading gender expert about her work and the role of a leading NGO in the field.Dr. Shirin Heidari is Senior Research Fellow at the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and a Senior Technical Consultant on gender to WHO Gender, Equity and Human Rights Unit. Most recently, Dr. Heidari was the Executive Director of Reproductive Health Matters, and Editor-in-Chief of its academic journal. Prior to that, she oversaw the Research Promotion Department of the International AIDS Society in Geneva and was the Executive Editor of the Journal of the International AIDS Society. Dr. Heidari has been a trusted board member of Amnesty International in Sweden. During her time as a member of Council of European Association of Science Editors, she established and co-chaired a Gender Policy Committee, leading the development of the widely cited SAGER guidelines, encouraging researchers to address the sex and gender bias in research. She has also presented a TEDx talk on the topic. As a gender-equality and human rights advocate, Dr. Heidari has served as member of several international expert and scientific committees and engaged in various efforts advancing the integration of sex and gender in the production of knowledge and evidence.

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