In cooperation with AOIFE (Association of Institutions for Feminist Education and Research in Europe) and WISE (Women’s International Studies Europe) ATHENA3 joint forces to form a professional European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation called ATGENDER. ATGENDER is a broad association for academics, practitioners, activists and institutions in the field of Women’s and Gender Studies, Feminist Research, women’s rights, gender equality and diversity.
The association constitute a permanent structure for the growing field of knowledge and practice in Europe.This permanent structure represents the interests of this field of knowledge at European level. The new association was launched in September 2009. For more information bout ATGENDER: www.atgender.org

At the annual meeting in Budapest in June 2007, representatives of all three organizations signed a declaration of intent.