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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UNIGEM Winter School “Gender and Globalization”
The UNIGEM Winter School “Gender and Globalization” was held in the period from 20th to 26th February 2023 and gathered 50 participants from the region including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia...
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Upcoming IPR Clinic for Women Entrepreneurs in Skopje
The Foundation for Management and Industrial Research (MIR), in collaboration with the Council for Women Entrepreneurship in Skopje, will hold an IPR clinic for women entrepreneurs in Skopje in May 2023...
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Developing Gender Equality Plans: POLICY ANSWERS Capacity Building in Albania
Eight research-performing (and funding) organisation profit from the training programme developed under the POLICY ANSWERS Capacity Building Programme for Albania in the drafting of their Gender Equality...
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Events
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RM Roadmap co-creation process and demonstration session
Get involved in the co-creation process concerning the research management ecosystem! The RM Roadmap project invites research managers from 40 countries across Europe to join its event and discuss...
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European Training Foundation peer learning event on Career Guidance for Gender Equality
ETF organises an online peer learning event focused on Career Guidance for Gender Equality on Thursday, 22 June from 13.00 to 14.30 (CET). The event presents inspirational activities like the Kosovo...
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From Strategy to Action: Lessons from Gender Equality Plans (Online)
Following the success of the previous event on gender equality plans with high-level speakers, WBC-RRI.NET is organising a follow-up online gathering.
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Organisations
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Laconics: innovative SME from Albania
LACONICS is a software house specializing in digital transformation and automatization aiming for the highest enterprise effciency, thanks to a dynamic young team of dev-ops excelling in over 9 technologies...
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University Gender Resource Centre
The University Gender Resource Centre (UNIGeRC) was established within the Human Rights Centre of the University of Sarajevo as a body to coordinate activities in the fields of gender equality and combating...
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Network of Albanian Women in STEM
The Network of Albanian Women in STEM (NAW-STEM) aims to contribute to the social and economic empowerment of women by increasing their representation in STEM, both in academia and industry. Areas ...
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Calls
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[Call for Applications] European Prize for Women Innovators
The European Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe's most ground-breaking innovations. The prize awards women from across the EU and countries associated to Horizon...
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The European Innovation Council (EIC), in partnership with the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT), is pleased to announce the launch of the 3rd cohort of the EIC Women...
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RCC: Nominations for Western Balkans women entrepreneurs of the year 2022 open
RCC launched the Western Balkans Women Entrepreneurs of the Year recognition last year under its Women Economic Empowerment Agenda Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is happy to announce...
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Documents
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Women Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans - economy factsheets
Gender statistics play an important role for evidence-based policy making in support of women entrepreneurship. Hence, a thorough review of gender statistics in the Western Balkans, with a specific focus...
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Bridging the gender gap in STEM
Strengthening opportunities for women in research and innovation Strengthening women’s participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields is not only a matter of equal ...
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Digital Education Action Plan – Action 13 - Women’s participation in STEM
Women’s participation in STEM studies and careers Fewer women are interested in participating in the digital sector, be it in the field of higher education, jobs or entrepreneurship. The Commission...
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Links
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Working Group on women’s economic empowerment in the Western Balkans
Creating new opportunities for women in the regional labour market is crucial for sustainable economic development in the Western Balkans. This is more important than ever given the economic impact of...
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[RRI Good Practice] Empowering Albanian Young Academics for Research and Innovation
What is the good practice about? The project realized in the frame of the Tirana European Youth Capital (TEYC) aims at capacity building and involvement of young academics, teachers and students on...
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Balkan Barometer is an annual survey of public opinion and business sentiments in six Western Balkans economies, commissioned by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). It is examining aspirations and...
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Projects
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In the frame of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Union, ERIAC is launching a new project: ERIACNET4EU: ERIAC NETWORK TO ADVANCE ROMA INCLUSION BY COMBATTING AND...
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The RM-ROADMAP project will be led by the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA), in collaboration with key network organisations, institutes and research-active companies...
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Rise of Women in Culture in the Western Balkans
Rise of Women in Culture in the Western Balkans
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