Imagine a building where the hallways are designed in a way that some people can't reach the elevators. This project looks at the invisible 'architecture' of offices and laws that keeps women and girls from reaching the top. It creates a new set of blueprints to redesign these systems so everyone has a fair shot at success. By fixing the root causes, it helps organizations move past simple checklists to real change.
Organizations struggle to close gender gaps because they treat symptoms rather than the root causes of power hierarchies. This leads to ineffective diversity programs that fail to create lasting structural change.
A Transformative Equality Approach (TEA) and a taxonomy of gendered power hierarchies. The project is also producing tools and policy responses for institutional mainstreaming.
If you are a consultancy dealing with stagnant gender diversity in client firms — this project developed a Transformative Equality Approach (TEA) that identifies root causes of power hierarchies to create sustainable institutional change.
If you are a law firm dealing with complex anti-discrimination compliance — this project developed legal policy analysis and tools that help institutions dismantle structural barriers to equality.
If you are an agency dealing with outdated gender stereotypes in campaigns — this project developed media discourse analysis tools that help re-wire symbolic representations of women.
Based on available project data, no pricing or cost structures for the resulting tools have been disclosed.
The project focuses on co-creating tools for public and private institutions across 6 countries, but specific industrial scaling metrics are not provided.
Based on available project data, there is no mention of specific licensing terms or patent filings.
The project addresses anti-discrimination laws and policies to dismantle structural gender inequalities.
The project period runs from 2023-03-01 to 2026-05-31.
The consortium is heavily academic, consisting of 6 universities and only 1 industry partner, resulting in a low industry ratio of 14%. This suggests the output is currently more theoretical and research-driven than commercially ready, though it spans 6 diverse countries including South Africa and the UK to ensure broad applicability.
Contact Universiteit Utrecht regarding the Transformative Equality Approach (TEA).
Contact us to bridge the gap between this academic research and your corporate D&I strategy.
