Gender specialists around the world are called upon to work with policy makers, governments, media, non-profit organizations, and businesses on a range of activities from gender mainstreaming, inclusion and integration to program design, research and evaluation, workplace diversity and inclusion, LGBTQI+ advocacy, gender-sensitive budgeting or policy analysis, and organizational auditing, and more. If you are applying an intersectional gender lens in your work or activism, The Society of Gender Professionals (SGP) is meant to be a community for you.

A number of professional organizations exist in many technical sectors serving gender specialists’ work, and many of these include subsets that focus on gender or feminist praxis. Yet SGP is the only cross-cutting association that currently exists to professionalize the gender field and meet the needs of a growing group of gender specialists across sectors and around the world.

The Society of Gender Professionals is a non-profit membership network of gender practitioners, academics, and activists dedicated to promoting feminist action and applied research, and raising the profile of gender expertise.

We strive to:

• Promote the development of intersectional gender expertise for professional practice;
• Strengthen connections between gender theory, policy, and practice;
• Promote member collaboration, network-building, mentorship, and (co-)leadership;
• Foster the production and dissemination of applied gender research;
• Provide a platform for the exchange of gender expertise and resources; and
• Advance gender justice in member communities through coordinated feminist action.

SGP’s vision is to be a global, cross-sectoral association of gender specialists, where members are empowered with the resources and networks they need to thrive in their careers and advance gender justice in their communities.