Gender Action Plan
Gender equality has become an important point of discussion in the European Community – especially in technology and science.
EGI-InSPIRE is committed to work towards these goals in its spheres of influence and, to that effect, has included a Gender Action Plan (GAP) in its deliverables.
The aims of EGI-InSPIRE’s Gender Action Plan are:
- To promote the work of the European Commission (EC) in moving towards gender equality.
- To collaborate with other organisations working in this area where possible.
- To gather statistics on participation with the project itself.
- To act as conduit for information to project partners and the project’s audiences.
- To actively feature work emanating from the grid user communities about women, by women and for women through the project’s dissemination channels, working particularly with e-ScienceTalk to maximise the impact of these efforts.
The GAP taskforce will aim to work with members of the grid user communities as well as other research communities and gender equality networks to spread awareness and encourage world-wide participation in gender equality activities.
European Commission’s strategy for equality
The European Commission’s five-year strategy (from 2010 to 2015) promotes equality between women and men in Europe. In particular, better harnessing the potential of women will benefit the European Union’s economical and societal goals. The gender equality strategy involves a series of actions based on five priorities:
- the economy and labour market
- equal pay
- equality in senior positions
- tackling gender violence, and
- promoting equality beyond the EU
The full report Strategy for equality between women and men 2010–2015 is available online in multiple formats and languages.
Upcoming event
WIRES3, Women’s International Research Engineering Summit, Greece, 10–12 April 2013
Recommended sites
The European Centre for Women and Technology (ECTW) is a European partnership representing high-level expertise in women and technology development.
European Platform of Women Scientists represents the needs and aspirations of more than 12,000 female scientists in Europe and beyond.
Gendered Innovations is a peer-reviewed project that employ sex and gender analysis as a resource to create new knowledge and technology.
BRIDGE – Global Gender Resources is an online library of over 3000 specially selected gender documents picked from over 1500 sources.
Statistics from EGI events
The percentage of women making up each measurable aspect of EGI's biannual forums:
2012 Community Forum
2011 Technical Forum
2011 User Forum
2010 Technical Forum
'Contributions' denotes all submissions accepted onto the forum's programme; the statistic given indicates the proportion of those contributions with a female author or co-author.
