… Amazone crossroads gender equality, in Brussels Ariadne - Women’s Studies Documentation Centre at the Austrian National Library Atria – Institute on Gender Equality and Women’s History in Amsterdam Biblioteca delle Donne – The Italian Women’s Library in Bologna Cedefop - European Centre for the …
… EU is characterised by significant gender inequalities. Women researchers remain underrepresented in the ICT sector … at professor and senior-level staff in academia (26.2% women in grade A position which falls to 18.0% in engineering … better work environments, retaining and increasing women’s involvement in academia and research, and ensuring …
… The promotion of equality between women and men and non-discrimination is one of the spheres of … a lack of teaching staff. This measure aims to facilitate women and men to balance their job and family life, as well as encouraging parents (women and men) to take parental leave. In 2018, within the …
… be finalised, as well as to promote career advancement of women researchers. The practice also improves the … all workers on temporary contracts, but in particular for women, who in Finland take most of statutory leave. A recent … this matter. It has improved the career prospects of young women researchers at Hanken and their possibilities to …
… Main areas to collect data on are the proportions of women and men among applicants and grantees, and the proportions of women and men on evaluation panels and among evaluators (by … aim to make their funding programmes more attractive to women researchers , gender-sensitive language and images are …
… over time. They can be quantitative (e.g. numbers of women and men researchers), or qualitative (usually used to … ones (see step 5 for concrete suggestions). Remember that ‘women’ and ‘men’ are very heterogeneous groups and that … and bodies, (2) recruitment and career development of women researchers and staff and (3) the sex/gender dimension …
… it can be expected that its findings affect (groups of) women and men, or girls and boys, differently. Integrating … . Young people also hold stereotypical beliefs about women’s and men’s ‘natural’ abilities. Countering such … curricula and research , University of Malta, Malta, Women and Science Committee , Spanish National Research …
… performance. Different gender roles are associated with women and men, and a different value is given to each: … roles do not just affect men; rather, they are also affect women – and somewhat in a more problematic way. The so-called … can adversely affect a researcher’s career. It may lead to women opting out of competitions or even career paths due to …
… despite the policies and measures taken, data shows that women remain under-represented in academic and administrative … with European University Association members were women in 2019. Improving gender balance in leadership and … (GEPs) . Aspects considered in a GEP may include: how women are represented in decision-making at the top of the …
… respectful organisational culture, and that it is not ‘a women’s issue’. Improving organisational cultures also … may also want to consider issues such as visibility of women in activities, for instance, in expert panels and … to science and a culture of working long hours. As long as women continue to carry the bulk of caring responsibilities, …
… objectives and potential. It has been shown that women are abandoning their scientific careers in much greater … numbers than men. Described as the ‘leaky pipeline’ of women in science, this phenomenon has a considerable impact: … in scientific research. It also feeds a vicious circle: as women leave research in greater numbers, research becomes …
… gender inequalities, ranging from low numbers of women students in specific disciplines and scientific fields to an under-representation of women in top academic positions or on committees and boards of R & I organisations and under-representation of women researchers in companies or start-ups related to …
… and implementing GEPs, especially at universities. As both women and men take part in R & I, implementing structural and cultural change to promote gender equality is not a women’s issue . Men are explicitly called upon to engage, together with women, in initiatives towards the modernisation of research …