The center continues the tradition of the central institution founded in 1981 to promote women's and gender studies. With the reestablishment under a new name in 2016, slightly different focus areas of the work were defined and internationalization and digitalization were set as cross-cutting topics. The center has also taken on tasks from other institutions. You can find information on their history here:

• Center for the Promotion of Women's and Gender Studies
• Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies
• GenderNet at Freie Universität Berlin