Elissa Mailänder is an Associate professor at the Center for History at Sciences Po. Her work focuses on violence from a gender perspective. She answers our questions on sexual violence. An interview.

Second-year Master's students can now apply for the Advanced Certification in Gender Studies! Granted by PRESAGE - Sciences Po's Gender Studies Programme, this certification is an interdisciplinary award in the social sciences that attests to a student’s acquisition of demonstrable academic expertise within the field of gender studies.

Whether as front-line health workers, care givers or in other highly exposed or informal sectors, women are bearing the brunt of COVID-19. Additionally women have seen a massive increase in unpaid care and domestic responsibilities. In short, COVID-19 is a gendered crisis and gender must be central to our economic recovery. However, models of economic recovery, namely those used in Latin American countries, tend to focus mainly on male-dominated sectors.

Marie Mercat-Bruns est professeure affiliée à l'École de droit de Sciences Po et maîtresse de conférences en droit privé au Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. Elle revient sur la façon dont des violences sexistes et sexuelles sont prises en compte par la loi française, et comment les entreprises et les établissements d’enseignement peuvent agir.