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FEMCIT explores the relationship between the changing forms  and practices of gendered citizenship in a multicultural Europe and the demands and practices of contemporary women’s movements. We are studying how citizenship is gendered, and how women, as ordinary citizens and activists, have been involved in challenging inequalities and injustice across Europe.
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Project News

Women and Social Citizenship in Czech Society: Continuity and Change

FEMCIT Researchers Hana Hašková and Zuzana Uhde are editors of Women and Social Citizenship in Czech Society: Continuity and Change. Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i. 2009.

Two other FEMCIT researchers, Radka Dudová and Kateřina Pulkrábková have also contributed to the book with a chapter each.

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Research Updates
WP4: Religious citizenship: Women in Christian and Muslim groups in Norway

The Norwegian WP4 report on religious citizenship, based on interviews with 20 women belonging to the Norwegian State Church, the Pentecostals, the Sunni and Shia communities was presented and discussed at a seminar at the University of Oslo on May 11th 2010. The questions addressed the extent to which religion establishes barriers or possibilities for women. What do faith communities – Christian and Muslim – do in relation to gender equality? How do religious women talk about their religious identity, gender equality and feminism? Does the notion of religious citizenship make sense to them?

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6_frameworkFEMCIT is funded by EU's Sixth Framework Programme Coordinated by the University of Bergen.