IFSGen. The Romanian Network for Researching Women and Gender History is the result of the partnership between George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences, and Technology " of Târgu Mureș, Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, through the University Cultural Heritage Directorate (UCHD), the Research Center for Territorial Identities and Development (TID) within the Faculty of Geography at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, and "George Barițiu" Institute of History of the Romanian Academy in Cluj-Napoca.

The network is one of the outcomes of the debates of the participants in the conference panel 'Romanian Women between Tradition and Modernization (the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century). Dilemmas, achievements, and perspectives', organised on the occasion of the Cluj Academic Days, October 13-15, 2021. The conference represented a real catalyst for all those scholars who have research concerns in the field of women's and gender history emphasizing the lack and the need for a permanent dialogue between Romanian researchers dealing with this topic.