1. STRATEGIES FOR SOLVING GENDER EQUALITY PROBLEM IN RESEARCH: WOMEN IN STEM
Dalia Šatkovskienė
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Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work

2. The Strategic Point for WOMEN Empowerment: Gender Equality in Science
THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE TALENT POOL IN SCIENCS IS FURTHERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
THE GENDER DIVERSITY IN SCIENCE IS SEEN AS THE MAIN RECOURSE OF INNOVATION
THE GENDER BALANCED EDUCATION IN STEM LEADS TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT.
25-26 of May 2017
Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work

3. The gender equality problem In Science
THE GENDER EQUALITY PROBLEM IN RESEARCH HAS TWO MAIN ASPECTS OF DISCRIMINATION: A VERTICAL AND A HORIZONTAL ONE.
The vertical discrimination reveals itself in:
gender imbalanced research governing structures (male researchers in all scientific fields usually occupy the highest academic positions)
control of human and financial resources
determination of the science development directions
The horizontal manifests itself one large gender disproportion in different scientific fields (male counterparts are prevailing in hard and technological sciences when female ones in social and humanitarian sciences).
25-26 of May 2017
Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work

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Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work

5. EU GENDER EQUALITY POLICY IN SCIENE
European Commission started dealing the with “women in science” issue in 1990
EU data collection (She Figures);
Established the Helsinki Group on Women and Science: a policy forum for exchange policy information on “women in science” among Members States
The European Commission has encouraged Member States to improve women's career prospects in research by using Framework Programmes funding.
The Strategy of gender equality implementation was developed on the basis of results obtained by projects funded by mentioned above Framework Programmes
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Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work

6. EU POLICY Initiatives provided for ENSURING gender equality implementation in Science (I)
EU Policy level :
Gender Equality was assigned as one of priorities of EU RR&I , ERA Development and Horizon Programme Policies;
The Strategy of Gender equality Implementation was targeted to Research organizations (institualization of the problem)
The Close Collaboration among all Stakeholders is Stressed In the strategy
THE MONITORING AND EVALUATING POLICY AT EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL LEVELS ARE DEVELOPED
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Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work

7. EU POLICY Initiatives provided for ENSURING gender equality implementation in Science (II)
NaTIONAL Level (ERA Communication 2012)
Member States WAS invited to:
Create a legal and policy environment and provide incentives to:
remove legal and other barriers to the recruitment, retention and career progression of female researchers while fully complying with EU law on gender equality;
address gender imbalances in decision making processes;
strengthen the gender dimension in research programmes;
Engage in partnerships with funding agencies, research organizations and universities to foster cultural and institutional change on gender
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Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work

8. EU POLICY Initiatives provided for ENSURING gender equality implementation in Science (II)
Research Organizations Policy Level
Research organizations are invited to :
Update the Science Management systems, making The procedures used More Transferable and Unbiased;
improve work and life conditions for researchers MAKING them More friendly for Both genders
Promote Women Leadership
include gender dimension in Curricula and Research programmes
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Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work

9. STEPS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY IMPLEMENTATION IN STEM
1.Provide GENDER Studies In STEM Fields for Clearing specifics of Working culture 2. Make The GENDER problem –AS The IMPORTANT problem For ALL Scientific community NOT only For women (MOTIVATION of Male counterparts participate in GENDER equality implementation process) 3. Improve STEM EDUCATION (Making attention to the gender SPECIFICS) 4. COMBAT STEREOTYPES FOR MALE DOMINATED STEM profession ( RISING AWARENES on gender issues concerned with profession and USING Measures and NEW technologies to make them more Friendly for women)
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Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work

10. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!
25-26 of May 2017
Women’s Economic Empowerment: Creating Equal Opportunities in the World of Work