The Network of Gender Equality Units for University Excellence (RUIGEU) brings together all the units, offices, observatories, commissions, and secretariats dedicated to equal opportunities for women and men in Spanish public universities and those private universities that request membership.
The objectives of RUIGEU are:
1. Communication, Dissemination, and Collaboration
a) To share knowledge, synergies, best practices, experiences, activities, results, and resources that promote and improve their actions in the area of gender equality, as established in the Twelfth Additional Provision of the LOMLOU (Organic Law on Universities) for Equality Units.
b) To provide its members with a channel for information, advice, and mutual support.
2. Preparation of proposals, documents, and reports
a) To develop common policies and actions to overcome the obstacles that hinder or prevent the achievement of equality between women and men, especially in the university and science policy spheres.
b) To prepare reports, studies, documents, manifestos, proposals, and any other similar documentation on equality issues, within the framework of the actions and responsibilities of the RUIGEU, either on its own initiative or at the request of the CRUE, Ministries, Regional Departments, or similar bodies and entities.
c) To propose a basic system of equality indicators that allows and guarantees comparability of the degree of achievement of equality between women and men in the universities that are members of the Network. To submit to the CRUE all proposals, reports, and studies resulting from the work of the RUIGEU.
3. Collective Representation and Networking
a) Promote the defense of equal opportunities for women and men in universities through information, awareness-raising, and dissemination activities related to equality offered by RUIGEU.
b) Establish links with public and private entities at the local, regional, national, and international levels committed to equal opportunities for women and men and non-discrimination on the grounds of sex, and propose joint measures for progress within our area of expertise.
c) Collaborate with the media by proposing and developing strategies to disseminate the work carried out by the Network.
d) Cooperate with European institutions in adopting measures to advance equality between men and women within the European Higher Education Area.
e) Establish links with other universities or international university equality networks to develop global best practice strategies.
