This is a report to the European Commission from the Enwise Expert Group on women scientists in the Central and Eastern European countries and in the Baltic States. This report investigates the situation of women scientists in the Enwise countries, providing an insight into the situation from a historical, as well as a contemporary perspective - including South East European countries. It makes recommendations to a series of stakeholders: the Commission, the European Parliament, the Enwise countries, as well as the current EU Member States and organisations that educate, fund and employ scientists.
The report highlights the influence of the specific gender policy implemented in these countries during the communist regime, characteristics of which included the equal right to and the obligation of full-time employment, as well as access to education regardless of gender. This report also provides some powerful insights into the day-to-day working situations of women scientists in the Enwise countries.