GENDER-NET ERA-NET

European statistics show that, today, despite a number of positive trends such as the growth in the number of women graduating at PhD level in science, women in scientific research and innovation (...)

The impact of gender schemas, of negative social stereotypes leading to stereotype threat, of unconscious/implicit gender bias on both the performance of women and the assessment of women’s (...)

In most research organisations and universities, pervasive cultural and organisational factors continue to affect the participation and advancement of women, which can only be addressed through (...)

Gender research has shed light on the existing inequalities between men and women in science and in different areas of society and demonstrated the existence of a global and structural system (...)

Gender equality and gender mainstreaming in research have been a key priority for the European Union for over fifteen years. More recently, in its December 11th 2012 Conclusions, the EU Council (...)

Gender equality through structural change initiatives In 1996, the EC adopted the ‘gender mainstreaming’ approach in order to integrate the gender equality objective into all its policies. Since (...)

Other joint initiatives addressing gender issues in research and higher education developed at European level are worth mentioning: 1) The League of European Research Universities (LERU) (...)

Various national programmes, policies and funding schemes have been developed in recent years in a number of Member States and associated countries. Several GENDER-NET ERA-NET partners, including (...)