Women in Science | Gender Equality
Promoting gender equality is a core activity for the EU. The European Commission is committed to promoting gender equality in research and innovation. It is part of the European Commission Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025, which sets out the Commission’s broader commitment to equality across all EU policies. In addition, the EU has a well-established regulatory framework on gender equality, including binding directives, which apply widely across the labour market including the research sector.
Because of the peculiarities of the research sector, specific action is needed to overcome persisting gender gaps. Many structural barriers to gender equality in research and innovation persist.
The European Commission addresses these barriers through
- the main funding instrument Horizon 2020, the first framework programme to set gender as a cross-cutting issue, with one of the underpinning objectives being to integrate the gender dimension into research and innovation content.
- within the European Research Area in collaboration with member countries and research organisations. Already under the ERA Communication 2012 framework, the European Commission has set 3 objectives to work with EU countries and foster an institutional change (gender equality in scientific careers, gender balance in decision making, integration of the gender dimension into the content of research and innovation).
Infographic: closing gender gaps in research and innovation
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Please find below some gender / women in science related links and articles.
News
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The 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (ICSSH2022): "Post-COVID-19 era: challenges and opportunities" will take place from 13 to 15 June 2022, organized by International Balkan...
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[Event Announcement] Commission kick-starts work to make 2022 the European Year of Youth
Following the announcement made by President von der Leyen in her 2021 State of the Union address, the Commission has adopted its formal proposal to make 2022 the European Year of Youth. Europe needs ...
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The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme offers 10-month fellowships in the six Institutes of Aix-Marseille, Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours), Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes and Paris. It ...
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Events
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V. International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities 2022
The 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (ICSSH2022): "Post-COVID-19 era: challenges and opportunities" will take place from 13 to 15 June 2022, organized by International Balkan...
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Main goals of the event The Institute of Economic Sciences is announcing the II International Scientific Conference, titled “Applied Economics Conference: Labour, Health, Education and Welfare”. The...
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International Student Week Belgrade
ABOUT ISWIB The International Student Week in Belgrade is a student festival which has traditionally been held every year since 2006 in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. The Festival is...
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Organisations
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European Institute for Gender Equality
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is an autonomous body of the European Union, established to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality, including gender mainstreaming...
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Women in Tech® is an international organization with a double mission: to close the gender gap and to help women embrace technology. The organization focuses on 4 primary areas that are a call for...
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Millennium Foundation Kosovo* is the implementing entity of the Threshold Program agreed between the Government of the Republic of Kosovo* and Millennium Challenge Corporation. Kosovo* Threshold ...
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Calls
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Call for Papers - V. International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities 2022
The 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (ICSSH2022): "Post-COVID-19 era: challenges and opportunities" will take place from 13 to 15 June 2022, organized by International Balkan...
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This prize celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe’s game-changing innovations. The EU seeks to raise awareness of the need for more women innovators, and create role models for women and...
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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS – EuroMeSCo Workout 2022
The Call for Participants of the EuroMeSCo Workout 2022 programme is now open! EuroMeSCo Workout courses target think tankers and researchers who are eager to improve their professional skills. Selected...
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Documents
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GENDER ANALYSIS 2020 EC COUNTRY REPORTS FOR THE WESTERN BALKANS
This is the third Kvinna till Kvinna Gender Analysis of EC Country Reports for the Western Balkans. The aim is to show progress year on year in the gender-mainstreaming of the Country Reports and attempt...
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[WBC-RTI.INFO Newsletter] -Women in Science | Gender Equality
Promoting gender equality is a core activity for the EU. The European Commission is committed to promoting gender equality in research and innovation. It is part of the European Commission ...
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[Focus Article] - Overview of the gender dimension in the Western Balkans
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are fundamental to sustainable development. Gender equality underpins the prosperity and well-being of economies and societies. Half of the world’s available human...
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Links
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CEE HER - Find your female expert right now
CEE HER aims to empower female experts from CEE+ region and engage them into policy impact debates and to create a vivid network of women and male allies who seek more diverse views on foreign policy...
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In the context of its mutual learning and capacity building activities, GENDERACTION organised a training on gender equality for policymakers in Athens in June 2019. The event provided a forum for...
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Wikigender is a global online collaborative platform linking policymakers and experts from both developed and developing countries to find solutions to advance gender equality. It provides a centralised...
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Projects
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GRANteD - Grant allocation disparities from a gender perspective
This project studies the occurrence and causes of gender bias in the allocation of research grants. It also studies the consequences of gender bias in grant allocation for gender bias in the development...
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The project aims to create an innovative policy community to implement the gender priority in the European Rearch Area. It is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 in the SwafS-19-2016 callfor a...
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The Western Balkans Science Engagement Programme
The Western Balkan Science Engagement Programme (SEP) aims to contribute to resilience of states, communities and citizens across the Western Balkans to the COVID-19 pandemic and its adverse impacts, ...
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