Descrizione del progetto
Potenziare il talento femminile nella ricerca attraverso un’infrastruttura per la parità di genere
Le statistiche e la letteratura accademica dimostrano che, nonostante gli sforzi costanti degli ultimi vent’anni tesi a promuovere la parità di genere nel mondo accademico e nella ricerca, c’è ancora molto lavoro da fare. Per affrontare questa sfida, l’attenzione del progetto ATHENA, finanziato dall’UE, sarà concentrata sull’attuazione dei Piani per la parità di genere in sei organizzazioni di conduzione della ricerca e due organizzazioni di finanziamento della ricerca. ATHENA cercherà di eliminare gli ostacoli esistenti al reclutamento, al mantenimento e all’avanzamento di carriera delle ricercatrici e di affrontare gli squilibri di genere nei processi decisionali. Il progetto intende contribuire al complessivo cambiamento culturale necessario per evitare futuri pregiudizi di genere e pratiche discriminatorie.
Obiettivo
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.
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- 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
Argomento(i)
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H2020-SwafS-2020-1
Meccanismo di finanziamento
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinatore
35006 LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
Spagna
L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione.