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The prevalence study of gender-based violence in public universities and institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences is on!

In the autumn of this year, we have launched a study on gender-based violence at public universities and institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences which is the first of its kind in the Czech academic environment. It will be a follow-up to the European study conducted within the Horizon 2020 UniSAFE project. This showed that nearly two in three people (62%) had experienced some form of gender-based violence. The most recent data on gender-based...

Stefanie Lemke: Integrating gender in food systems research

When: 4.10. 16:30 – 18:30 Where: Zoom We would like to kindly invite you to a webinar titled Integrating gender in food systems research – concepts, approaches and experiences from the field with professor Stefanie Lemke, which is part of educational activities of Centre for Gender and Science focusing on gender dimension in research. Abstract: In food systems research as well as in other research areas, a gendered perspective is key to better understand and...

Brunch for International Women in Czech Science with Mariya Shamzhy

14 June 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Campus Hybernská, Hybernská 4, Prague We would like to invite you to our very first Brunch for International Women in Science, which we decided to organize in cooperation with Hyb4City. Our invitation was accepted by Mgr. Mariya Shamzhy, Ph.D., winner of the Neuron 2022 Award for promising scientists, who will be a guest speaker at this event. We aimed to select an inspiring person who has...

Maria Rodó-Zárate: Geographies of Intersectionality

When: 13. 12. 2022 at 5 pm CET Where: online Registration: here This online workshop is part of a series of guest workshops organised by the Centre for Gender and Science (Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences) given by international experts intended to mainstream gender dimension in research and bring best practices and interesting examples into the Czech scientific context. The primary target groups are experts and scientists within the particular field....

Deboleena Roy: Gendering Scientific Research

7. 12. 16:00 – 18:00/ Zoom Workshop for the scientific community on the gender dimension in research. Online workshop of an American neuroscientist Deboleena Roy, which is part of educational activities of Centre for Gender and Science focusing on gender dimension in research. Abstract: From tracing the historical development of modern-day scientific culture and practices, to evaluating the presence of women in scientific careers, and to further producing epistemological and methodological critiques of scientific research,...

Czech Presidency conference Ending gender-based violence in academia

We are organising a conference Ending gender-based violence in academia: Toward gender-equal, safe and inclusive research and higher education within the framework of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU. The conference will take place on 24 and 25 November 2022 in Prague, with the possibility of remote attendance.  It will bring together (among others) representatives of student organisations, national authorities, Research Funding Organisations, Research Performing Organisations and other relevant stakeholders in order...

GENDERACTIONplus: A new Horizon Europe project to advance gender equality in the European Research Area

On 8 – 10 July 2022, a kick-off meeting of the GENDERACTIONplus project will be hosted by the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic. The consortium consisting of 26 organisations operating in 21 European countries will, in line with the new ERA Policy Agenda, focus on five thematic areas, including gender based violence in academia and inclusiveness and intersectionality with other diversity categories and potential grounds for discrimination,...

RESISTIRÉ Project Meeting

Having completed the second cycle of data collection on how COVID-19 policies have affected gender inequalities, RESISTIRÉ now seeks to propose innovative recommendations and guidelines to support policy makers, employers and civil society to address these impacts. To this end, we are organising a workshop among the project partners and external experts to work together to develop these recommendations, taking into account the themes that have emerged during the different phases of the project. Discussing...

2° edition: Gender Equality Academy starts in September – REGISTER NOW!

GENDER EQUALITY PLANS IN PRACTICΕ: Towards sound and sustainable institutional change processes in research organizations. Join the Distributed Open Collaborative Course of the Gender Equality Academy in its highly interactive formats. Take the chance to learn from and exchange with experts and peers via an online e-learning platform. 7 mini-courses distilling among the best lessons of the GE Academy program, to learn at your own pace over 2 months, test your knowledge through specific assignments,...

Happy Birthday + 5 questions for Prof. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

On 30 July, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and laureate of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine, celebrated her birthday. To mark the occasion, she has agreed to give a mini-interview for the NCC – Gender and Science. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi has dedicated her career as a scientist and activist to stop the spread of AIDS. Her discovery of the HIV virus led to the development of blood tests that could detect the infection, and eventually to...