MAGENDA - MAinstreaming GENDer equality in Academia

MAGENDA aims to support Asian HEIs in introducing and enforcing policies that promote gender equality at institutional level. This requires the transfer of ‘know-how’ in establishing and implementing GEPs through a holistic approach targeting, first, HEI staff by involving them in capacity building trainings, and second, HEI students by gaging their interest in leading awareness raising actions. In addition, the project aspires to build synergies with civil society and policy stakeholders at local and national levels to create a multiplier effect and yield systemic change.The MAGENDA project will be implemented in two Asian least-developed countries, namely Bangladesh and Nepal, bringing together six Asian Universities, two Universities and two research organisations from the EU, and it will produce the following key results:•6 Gender Equality Plans (GEP), new or revised,•A handbook for GEP monitoring and implementation,•At least 6 HEI staff training sessions in the area of GEP monitoring and implementation,•A digital knowledge hub on gender equality issues targeting students,•6 community awareness campaigns targeting civil society,•2 national policy roundtables and a final conference involving key education stakeholders,•2 policy briefs about GEP implementation in the academia,•A sustainability plan that will guarantee the continuation of GEP enforcing mechanisms after the project has ended.