Gender equality questions concern all areas of society. On this page, the president and the members of the NRP 60 Steering Committee comment on different topics and explain the contribution that NRP 60 is making towards sustainable gender equality policies in Switzerland.
NRP 60 – Aiming for sustainability
40 years ago women in Switzerland gained the right to vote. While gender equality has come a long way since then, many inequalities persist. If future equal opportunity measures are to be sustainable and meaningful, well-founded research is needed.
Brigitte Liebig, President of the Steering Committee, explains how NRP 60 is contributing to social sustainability.
NRP 60 should start networking in Europe
Conflicting developments in gender equality politics in Europe raise the question of how research on gender and equal opportunities presents itself and how NRP 60 ought to be positioned in the European research field.
An analysis by Birgit Sauer, member of the Steering Committee of NRP 60.
"Female farmers work more and more"
Why is the NRP 60 interested in gender equality in Swiss agriculture? What is the current situation of female farmers?
Researchers Fenneke Reysoo and Yvan Droz, who work for the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, provide the answers.
Equality concerns men too: men and "masculinities" in NRP 60
Women's lib anniversaries are gaining a lot of attention these days, but what has happened to men over the last forty years?
Article by Brigitte Liebig, NRP 60 Newsletter, 22 June 2011
Society shackles both men and women
Do you think gender equality is old hat that no longer rouses anybody? Well, think again.
A commentary by René Levy, NRP 60 Newsletter, 22 June 2011
"Es geht um ein Mehr an innerer Freiheit"
«Gleichberechtigung ist bekanntlich eine soziale Utopie», sagt Brigitte Liebig, Präsidentin der Leitungsgruppe des Nationalen Forschungsprogramms "Gleichstellung der Geschlechter" (NFP 60).
Interview von Brigitte Liebig zum Start des NFP 60 im Newsletter vom 28. Januar 2011