Description du projet
Autonomiser les chercheuses grâce à une infrastructure d’égalité entre les sexes
Les statistiques et la littérature universitaire montrent que, malgré les efforts continus pour faire progresser l’égalité des sexes dans le milieu universitaire et dans la recherche au cours des deux dernières décennies, il reste encore beaucoup à faire. Pour relever ce défi, le projet ATHENA, financé par l’UE, se concentrera sur la mise en œuvre de plans d’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes dans six organismes de recherche et deux organismes de financement de la recherche. ATHENA cherchera à éliminer les obstacles existants au recrutement, à la rétention et à la progression de carrière des chercheuses et à remédier aux déséquilibres entre les sexes dans les processus décisionnels. Le projet veut contribuer au changement culturel global nécessaire pour éviter à l’avenir les préjugés sexistes et les pratiques discriminatoires.
Objectif
One of the main objectives of Europe’s societies is the elimination of all types of discrimination associated with gender. Despite a high number of highly skilled female graduates, there is still very few of them embracing a research career. With almost 60% of women graduates in EU, only one third of the EU’s researchers are women. In this context, ATHENA project aims at removing barriers to the recruitment, retention and career progression of female researchers; address gender imbalances in decision making processes and generate a cultural change needed to avoid future gender bias and discriminatory practices through the implementation of Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in 6 Research Performing and 2 Research Funding organisations. These targeted organisations belong to Central Eastern EU countries and EU outermost regions that show some of the lowest Gender Equality Indexes in the EU. Thanks to the implementation of the GEPs, ATHENA will contribute to unlocking the research potential of these organisations thus improving the overall performance of the European Research Area and helping to close the innovation divide by avoiding the waste of talent and inefficient use of skilled women from weaker regions of the EU. To ensure systemic institutional change, ATHENA will first conduct an assessment of procedures and practices already in place in partner RPOs and RFOs, together with an analysis of the national legislation and policy frameworks. In parallel, it will put in place a participatory process aimed, on one side, to understand the needs and the preferences of the stakeholders and, on the other side, to train them with regard to selected topics related to gender. Based on these two approaches GEPs will be drafted, implemented and monitored in each partner organisation.
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.5.b. - Promote gender equality in particular by supporting structural change in the organisation of research institutions and in the content and design of research activities Main Programme
- H2020-EU.5.f. - Develop the governance for the advancement of responsible research and innovation by all stakeholders, which is sensitive to society needs and demands and promote an ethics framework for research and innovation
Thème(s)
Régime de financement
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinateur
35006 LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
Espagne
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.