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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[Call Announcement] Call for candidates to develop youth-led research in the Western Balkans
What are the linkages between youth development, gender equality, and social cohesion challenges? Lattanzio KIBS launches a call for candidates to develop youth-led research in Albania, Bosnia and ...
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Inno Fab Lab, first Laboratory for production and prototyping in Republic of North Macedonia
In May 2022 the first Laboratory for production and prototyping INNO FAB LAB was open within the Faculty of Technology and Mettalurgy in Skopje. Under the mentorship of academic professors and experts...
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The EXPO 2022, project on Economic Inclusion of Women Entrepreneurs was organized by UNWOMEN, Association of Business Women in Serbia and Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on October 6. The event...
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Events
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Eu-SPRI Annual Conference: Research with Impact
The Eu-SPRI summer conference is the leading, annual European event on science, technology and innovation (STI) policy, providing a forum for scholars and policymakers in the areas of science, technology...
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Gender Equality Plans Info day
The Center for Knowledge Management on 22.12.2022 in the premises of Netaville,and as part of the "Horizon Ready" project, organizes an Info session intended for representatives of Higher Education...
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GeoTaggers Mapathon of mapping the region's cultural heritage in OpenStreetMap
The #GeoTaggers community is hosting a Mapathon to contribute to OpenStreetMap by mapping the region's cultural heritage. The event will bring together spatial data enthusiasts from Kosovo*, Albania...
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Organisations
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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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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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Calls
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Critical Practice (Made in Yugoslavia)
This program is realised as an edition of Critical Practice – training for emerging dance writers, initiated within apap – FEMINIST FUTURES, a project co-founded by the Creative Europe Programme of the...
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Promotion of EU values through sport, cultural and social activities in Serbia
The Delegation of the European Union to Serbia and the EUINFONET project are launching an open call for offers with the aim to promote EU values and policies through various social, cultural, sports, ...
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Call for Applications: Vera Šnajder Award
“The Vera Šnajder award will be presented annually in the form of a travel grant (up to 5000 BAM) to an outstanding natural/technical sciences student in Bosnia & Herzegovina (undergraduate, ...
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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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[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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[RRI Good Practice] Girls Love Tech
What is the good practice about? "Every week, we help parents and teachers encourage girls' interest in tech through recommendations of great books, movies, projects, and activities that will show ...
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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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