1. FIDIS what about Gender??

2. How to effect change in a gendered world, moving towards a more equal but still gendered world

3. Gender action plan: two parts 1 Participation of women 2 Re the content of the project

4. 1 Participation of women Two aspects:  The target for women in percentages.  Facilitating women’s participation.

5. The target for women as shown in % - On the JA Board: 30%. - As JA coordinators: 30%. - Participating on training activities: 50%. - Priority will be given to women’s subscriptions reaching 50%.

6. Facilitating women’s participation. Parental needs: - Limiting long-distance journeys - The use of digital networks and phone conferences - The provision of child care

7. How to move beyond numbers?

8. Gender action plan: part 2 Re the content of the project

9. But what is ‘gender’/ ‘sex’? Sex The biological difference between male and female Gender The social-cultural construct of what sex means in a culture at one time - It can differ - No essentialism involved S. de Beauvoir: ‘On ne naît pas femme, on le devient.’

10. What has gender and sex to do with identity?

11. Sex and gender are central aspects of identity

12. How to include gender perspectives in our research? Quantitative analysis of the correlation between: - seemingly irrelevant information of an individual - the individual’s identity. (FIDIS Proposal, p. 6)

13. I suggest some key questions: The search for the use of the criterion of sex. 1) Does sex play a role in our own research? 2) In which sense does it play a role? 3) Is the criterion of sex completely absent? 4) Is sex identified in the IMS?

14. How to move on to the screening of gender? 1) How does the criterion of sex play a role in our research? 2) How is the sex variable used? 3) What correlations are made with this variable? 4) Are the connections made by obvious biological differences? 5) Do the connections refer to stereotypes?

15. Realizing that sex and gender are central aspects of identity. Looking at the use of the criterion of sex and taking it into account.

16. Further question: please contact Karen.Francois@vub.ac.be Karen.Francois@vub.ac.be