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KVINFO

Denmark · Copenhagen · National · See the Denmark profile

KVINFO is Denmark’s research centre for gender and equality. KVINFO is a self-governing institution with its own board. KVINFO is funded through a budget grant under the Danish Ministry of Culture. KVINFO operates at the intersection between knowledge, policy and practice. As

KVINFO

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
KVINFO — website
Power domain
Political Power, Social Power
Methods / tools
Gender Training, Competence development, Awareness-raising, Monitoring
Region (NUTS)
DK01
Keywords
gender analyses, research-based tools, empower women through research, GenderLab workshops

Context

KVINFO is Denmark's national research centre for gender and equality, a self-governing institution with its own board, funded through a budget grant under the Danish Ministry of Culture. It operates at the intersection of knowledge, policy and practice, both in Denmark and internationally.

Objectives

KVINFO's goal is to help drive change toward more equal and free societies in Denmark and abroad, by developing research-based tools, analyses and services on gender equality.

Activities

Work is organised around five strands: developing research-based tools to shift norms and culture around gender; producing in-house studies and analyses (e.g. on fatherhood, masculinity, #MeToo); expanding research-based services such as sexism/harassment assessments and GenderLab workshops; strengthening research collaborations and knowledge dissemination; and reinforcing gender analysis within broader societal challenges.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k) — No budget figure stated; cost_band inferred as medium because KVINFO is an ongoing national research centre with staff, not a low-cost volunteer initiative.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — No specific timeline stated; timeline_band inferred as long because KVINFO is an established, ongoing national institution rather than a time-bound project.

Conditions for success

  • Stable government budget-grant funding via the Ministry of Culture
  • Self-governing institutional status with an independent board

Where it fits

Governance type
national research institution / self-governing body
Scale
national

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes CERV — Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values

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