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Women In Science Conference

On 5 March 2019 the inspirational all-day conference Women In Science took place in the premises of the Liechtenstein Palace in Prague. The event was organised by the British Embassy Prague in cooperation with the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Among the speakers were Baroness Greenfield,  Professor of Physiology at Oxford University; Dame Ottoline Leyser, Professor of Biology at Cambridge University, and Sainsbury Laboratory Director at Cambridge; Jessica Wade, Physicist at Imperial College...

Book by Ottoline Leyser: Mothers In Science

Ottoline Leyser  is a British plant biologist and Professor of Plant Development at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests are in the genetics of plant development and the interaction of plant hormones with the environment. Ottoline Leyser participated at the conference Women In Science, which was organised by the British embassy in Prague on 5 March 2019. Professor Leyser published a book about work-life balance of female researchers. The aim of the book is...

ERA: GE And Gender Mainstreaming in Research in CZ

The 2018 ERA Progress Report assesses the current state of the European Research Area (ERA) and the progress made on ERA implementation in 2016-2018. It is the second time in a row that progress has been measured at country level using the ERA monitoring mechanism. This is an extract of the part which concerns gender equality and gender mainstreaming in research in the Czech Republic. Czech researchers’ integration of a gender dimension in their research...

She Figures 2018: GE in Research Slowly Improving

The latest statistics (She Figures) on the footprint of women in the research landscape, from higher education to employment up to top positions and intellectual output across the EU countries. Gender equality has been and remains a core value of the EU. Legislations are currently in place to promote equal pay, work-life balance, health, and remove all forms of gender-based bias. The She Figures report is funded by Horizon 2020 to monitor progress towards gender...

Snapshots: Women In Science Conference

On 5 March 2019 the British embassy hosted the conference Women In Science. Among the presenters were Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Ottoline Leyser, Baroness Susan Greenfield and many others. Pictures by Jana Plavec  

20 yrs of EU activities in GE. Still a long way to go

In 2019, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of EU activities to advance gender equality in research. Marcela Linkova from the Czech Centre for Gender and Science and Chair of ERAC Standing Working Group on Gender in Research and Innovation, discusses advances achieved as well as the continued gaps among European countries. Over the past twenty years big strides have been made in Europe to advance gender equality in research and innovation. We have far...

International Day Of Women And Girls In Science: Campaign

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, established by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 February, is to promote full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls. Science and gender equality are both vital for sustainable development. Yet women and girls continued to be excluded from participating fully in science: less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women. This year the Centre for Gender and Science celebrated...

International Workshop: Gender-based Violence

The Centre of Excellence – Women and Science and the Leibnitz Institute for the Social Sciences call for abstracts for the international workshop Gender-based Violence in Higher Education to connect ongoing research, which will take place 8 – 9 March 2019 at GESIS in Cologne, Germany. For more information please click here.

Academics 2018: Equality in Research

This document is an outcome of the research project “Analysis of Barriers to and Support Strategy for Gender Equality in Science and Research” implemented in 2017 and 2018 by the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences as part of the Operational Programme Employment. The objective of the project was to develop recommendations for action to advance gender equality in research and development for the state administration and other key national players in...

Percentage of women in research among lowest in EU

The percentage of Czech women working in the scientific research sector, at 26 percent, is the among the lowest in the European Union, where the average is 33 percent. According to the Marcela Linková, head of the National Contact Centre for Gender and Science, several western European countries, including France, Germany and the Netherlands, fall below the EU average. In the Baltic countries of Latvia and Lithuania, women represent more than 50% of all scientific...