Calls on Gender in Cluster 2 in 2021/2022

With Horizon Europe, the Commission reaffirms its commitment to gender equality in research and innovation. Under Cluster 2 - 'Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society' specific funding will be dedicated to gender and intersectional research, in particular with two main topics focusing on the research of gender equality:

• Topic on 'Feminisms for a new age of democracy'  /HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-03 should contribute to promoting gender equality theoretically and practically through policy recommendations, tools, and solutions for civil society organisations and other stakeholders. As a result, support the quality of democratic governance in more inclusive European societies. The proposals should contribute to understand how feminism and gender are used in extreme populist discourses, and counter gender-equality repressive strategies and policies.
• Topic on 'Gender and social, economic and cultural empowerment' /HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-05 should contribute to achieve a better understanding of gendered power relations across the social and economic spheres, taking into account intersections between gender and other social categories such as ethnicity, social origin, disability and sexual orientation, and the cumulative effects of multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantages. Provide evidence base about the role of education and the media in perpetuating or breaking stereotypes. The proposals should help to reverse socio-economic and cultural inequalities and promote gender equality, thus supporting the realisation of the global 2030 Agenda's Sustainable Development Goal 5 on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls.

Overview of topics in Cluster 2 related to the gender and intersectional research follows. The topics open for 2021/2022 will analyse the gender equality together with other social categories such as ethnicity, social origin, disability or religion:

• HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-03: The impact of inequalities on democracy
• HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01-03: The role of perceptions, formed by traditions, values and beliefs, in shaping European societies and politics in the 21st century
• HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-02: Providing support in a changing world of work and social protection
• HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-03: Determining key drivers of inequality trends
• HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-06: Overcoming discrimination for an inclusive labour market
• HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-10: Socio-economic effects of ageing societies

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