1. HMY 2008 פרופ’ חגית מסר-ירון* messer@eng.tau.ac.il 27 פברואר 2008 * מייסדת המועצה הלאומית לקידום נשים במדע וטכנולוגיה

2. HMY 2008 Woman teaching geometry ) translation of Euclid's Elements, (c. 1310 Euclid's Elements

3. HMY 2008 Why do we need specific programs for women in research and technology? www.femtech.at

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8. Proportion of women and men in a typical academic career, students and academic staff, EU25, 1999-2003 Source: European Commission, Women & Science: Latest Statistics and Indicators – She Figures 2006, p. 55 Definition of grades: A: The single highest grade/post at which research is normally conducted; B: Researchers working in positions not as senior as top position (A) but more senior than newly qualified PhD holders; C: The first grade/post into which a newly qualified PhD graduate would normally be recruited; ISCED 5A: Tertiary programmes to provide sufficient qualifications to enter into advanced research programmes & professions with high skills requirements; ISCED 6: Tertiary programmes which lead to an advanced research qualification (PhD)

9. HMY 2008 EPWS Mission Represent the concerns, needs, ideas, aspirations and interests of European women scientists in all disciplines and all stages of their career paths Coordinate support activities for women scientists to facilitate their active role in the European Research Area as researchers as well as participants in the research policy debate in Europe www.epws.org

10. HMY 2008 הניסיון האמריקאי

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12. ובישראל? הקמת המועצה לקידום נשים במדע וטכנולוגיה בשנת 2000 תשס"ג – שנת "נשים במדע ובאקדמיה", לרבות פרסום האוגדן יועצות בכל האוניברסיטאות מ 2003

13. HMY 2008 נגישות אקדמיה לנשים בישראל

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17. נשים בסגל הבכיר באוניברסיטה העברית

18. HMY 2008 נשים בסגל הבכיר בישראל - תשס”ב

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20. Mean competence scores given to male/female applicants by Swedish MRC Competence Score Total Impact WOLD-WENNERAS (Nature, 1997) "נשים 12, גברים 8"

21. HMY 2008 Gender-related differences in the scientific research work Work:for men it overlaps with the social role; for women can also raise conflicts; Career:for men it is based on the competitivness; for women is based on competence; Hierarchy: for men it is seen as power gain; for women is seen as aquiring responsibility; Time:for men is evaluated in economical terms; for women is evaluated in terms of quality of the product; Interests:for men career and scientific interests coincide; for women the scientific interests may prevail on the careers; Objectives:for men they are reached by fighting ; for women they are reached by autonomy aquisition;

22. HMY 2008 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Nobel prize in Physics 1991 The qualities Women bring to research: –Creating a team –Giving student researchers the freedom they need –Keeping egos in check

23. HMY 2008 Bice Fubini Professor in Chemistry-University of Torino Covering a role with a service attitude; Working attitudes adequate to a carefull and responsible research; Formation and education in order to transfer the role of a responsible and stimulative scientists; Collaborative attitude.

24. HMY 2008 Value the difference Women have their own qualities, their differences… They have to keep their specificity….. They don’t have to enter a masculine mould…. from: Claudie Haignere’, Chairperson of the jury of the 2007 Descartes prize for excellence in scientific research.

25. HMY 2008 Action to be taken Bice Fubini, Full professor in Chemistry-University of Torino Transparency and objectivity in evaluation procedures; Re-install the decisional powers in the official institutions; Better exploitation of research in multidisciplinary fields, actually considered “ borderline”; Evaluation of the scientific outputs normalized against the founds and personnel inputs; Abolish gender bias (quotas for men) in favour of meritocracy, evaluated according to new criteria.

26. HMY 2008 The future of science in the mind of women

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