What is "kvinfo"

The Danish Center for Research on Women and Gender (KVINFO) is a center whose primary aim is to provide the general public with information about the results of women's studies and gender research undertaken in Denmark and internationally. KVINFO is an abbreviation of the Danish words køn, viden, information, and forskning, meaning gender, knowledge, information, and research.

KVINFO's core resource is a library of more than 20,000 books, journals and political publications dealing with equal opportunities and women's issues.

This library may be seen as an example of a broader, more holistic concept of a library because it actually carries out important functions related to modern information centres.

For example, it edits a web magazine, an online Biographical Encyclopedia of Danish Women, a database of women professionals, web stories on key periods in the history of Danish women.

Furthermore, it coordinates special programs such as the mentor-network for women of all ethnic backgrounds living in Denmark, and the women's dialogue pro rights and equal opportunities in the Middle East.