Objective Women are currently under-represented in all areas of engineering and many years of effort to attract more girls into engineering careers have met with only limited success. This project aims to identify and compare the personal, educational and socio-cultural factors that influence women and men's choices towards engineering at key stages in their lives, and their success or lack of persistence. Existing methodological tools will be adapted and new ones, and a framework for effective gender relevant cross-cultural comparisons, developed. The outcomes will lead to a series of recommendations to enhance the successful recruitment and retention of women engineers throughout the European Union. These will enhance economic competitiveness and social mobility by addressing issues around equality of opportunity and gender mainstreaming in institutions of higher education and the professional arena. Programme(s) FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002) Topic(s) 1.4.1.-4. - Key action Socio-Economic Knowledge Base Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator CONFERENCE DES DIRECTEURS D'ECOLES ET FORMATIONS D'INGENIEURS EU contribution No data Address Boulevard de l'Hopital 151 75013 PARIS France See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BERGISCHE UNIVERSITAET GESAMTHOCHSCHULE WUPPERTAL Germany EU contribution No data Address Gauss Strasse 20 42097 WUPPERTAL See on map Total cost No data FACULTY OF ECONOMICS Slovakia EU contribution No data Address Technical University of Kosice, B. Nemcovej 32 040 01 KOSICE See on map Total cost No data HOEBORN ENGINEERING Germany EU contribution No data Address Zur Kaisereiche 24 - Bergischre Universitaet-Gesam 42349 WUPPERTAL See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF AUSTRIAN UNIVERSITIES Austria EU contribution No data Address Schottenfeldgasse 2 8010 GRAZ See on map Total cost No data THE GREEK WOMEN'S ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION Greece EU contribution No data Address Lekka Street 23-25 10562 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address University of Stirling FK9 4LA STIRLING See on map Total cost No data WITEC FINLAND RY Finland EU contribution No data Address Kaupinkatu, 21 33500 TAMPERE See on map Total cost No data
