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2019 International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Commemorating the 4th International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the National Contact Centre for Gender and Science will celebrate the achievements of Czech as well as global women researchers of 2018. The Centre will run a social media campaign aimed at informing and mobilizing the public, connecting women in science and supporters of women in science as well as inspiring young girls to pursue careers in science. Between 4 – 11 February 2019...

European Researchers’ Night with Constit. Judge

Our 2018 European Researchers’ Night looked into the ways law has been historically gendered. In her public talk “Man’s Law – Are Laws Truly Neutral?” constitutional judge Kateřina Šimáčková discussed the impact of law on the lives of women and men, gender equality and discrimination of women in the Czech legal system. With this lecture we wanted to commemorate the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and the year when the Faculty of Law of Charles...

Brunch with prof. Zažímalová

On 15 October 2018, the Centre for Gender and Science organised a brunch with Eva Zažímalová, President of Czech Academy of Sciences and early-career women researchers. The room was packed, with 75 researchers, some with small babies. “It just shows there are big problems and obstacles that young women researchers face. Those require immediate attention and systematic solution,” says Marcela Linková, head of the Centre. Professor Zažímalová talked about her personal path to science. Her...

Newsletter Editorial 2/2018

Dear colleagues, This issue brings you a selection of must-read articles about some of the activities of the National Contact Centre for Gender in Science in the past six months. First of all, we are bringing you a report from the 5th national conference on gender and science, which also includes main findings of our survey of academics and their work conditions, well-being and job satisfaction. We are proud to announce that we launched the...

Main Findings from Qualitative Research

The qualitative study focused on a more detailed analysis of the conditions of scientific work and the manifestations of gender culture in Czech academia. The research was conducted at four institutions – two HE institutions and two public research organisations. The sample included institutions in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering, and small, medium and large-sized institutions. We carried out 40 semi-structured interviews with academics and researchers at these four institutions. The interviews...

2016 Monitoring Report on Position of Women in Science

The latest 2016 Monitoring Report shows the same trends as our previous reports. Research fails to use the potential of highly qualified women. While the percentage of women increases in all levels of study. The share of women displays a stable decreasing trend, with the number in 2016 being the lowest since the start of the monitoring in 2000.Women made up 30.3 % of all positions in research and development in 2016. International comparison places the...

Milada Paulová Award Winner: Eliška Walterová

On 27 November 2018, Professor Eliška Walterová of the Institute for Research and Development of Education at the Faculty of Education, Charles University received the 2018 Milada Paulová Award, awarded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in cooperation with the Centre for Gender and Science and. The MP award is given annually in recognition of research achievements and contribution to advancement of science. This year it was given in the field of education and...

2016 Monitoring Report: Main Findings

The latest 2016 Monitoring Report shows that research in the Czech Republic fails to use the potential of highly qualified women. The trend of percentage of women increasing in all levels of study and the percentage of women in research remaining the same continues. Employees in Research and Development The overall number of employees in research and development is increasing. A growing number was also observed within individual professions: researcher, technician, and other positions in...

Book Launch – Inferior by Angela Saini

On 29 October 2018, the Centre for Gender and Science launched the Czech translation of Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong by British writer and science journalist Angela Saini in the Louvre Gallery under the title Od přírody podřadné: Jak se věda mýlila v ženách. The book was published in 2017. It received rave reviews in the Financial Times, Economist, Guardian, Observer, The Independent, Daily Mail and New Statesman. Inferior is out now in Czech, Spanish,...

5th National Conference: Science As a Vocation

On 30 October 2018, the Czech Academy of Sciences hosted the 5th national conference on gender and science, this time titled Science As a Vocation. The conference was organized by the Centre for Gender and Science of the Institute of Sociology of Czech Academy of Sciences. We were honoured that Angela Saini, acclaimed science journalist and author of the book Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong, accepted our invitation to deliver a keynote presentation. Marcela...