The importance of GEPs made visible during R&I Days

GENDERACTION and GEARING Roles invited sister projects, R&I organizations, and individuals to join Twitter campaign to raise awareness about the importance of Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) on September 22 (see the call for action). More than three dozen subjects have joined us. See some of their tweets below. Huge thanks to everyone who got involved! […]

GENDERACTION for HE Missions

In summer 2019 GENDERACTION got in touch with Horizon Europe Mission Boards members in order to help in advancing gender equality in the new framework program and in ERA overall. We have introduced them to our work in the area o Horizon Europe consultations and policy briefs and other ERA related topics. We were happy […]

Join our R&I Days Twitter Campaign!

On September 22 at 5 pm (CEST), GENDERACTION and GEARING Roles are launching a joint Twitter campaign to raise awareness about the importance of Gender Equality Plans (GEPs). Concurrently, the European Research and Innovation Days workshop “Get ready: A new ERA for Equality is calling” with Marcela Linková presence will be happening (check out HUB […]

Consultation on HE’s priorities

Share your views on Horizon Europe’s priorities for the next four years until September 18 Horizon Europe, the next EU research and innovation program, will launch in 2021. It will strengthen the EU’s scientific and technological bases, boost its innovation capacity, and deliver on Europeans’ priorities. The first ‘Horizon Europe Strategic Plan’ is planned to […]

Horizon Europe Missions Consultation

  Help us and support our proposals for the inclusion of sex/gender dimensions in Horizon Europe Missions and/or add your own suggestions. Register here at the top right on the web page. Once you are registered click at the links below to get to our proposals and vote. DEADLINE FOR PARTICIPATION IS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14. […]

GENDERACTION Notes d’orientation

Dans le cadre du GENDERACTION WP5, nous avons élaboré une série de notes d’orientation sur Horizon Europe, le prochain programme-cadre qui se succède à Horizon 2020. Nous y présentons les principales questions de genre dans les négociations en cours. Nous sommes fermement convaincu·es que les politiques d’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes et la […]

GENDERACTION newsletter is out!

Interesting reading for the summer months is here! Our newsletter covers what has been happening over the first half of 2020 in the area of gender equality in science policy. Read the newsletter in a browser or download it in PDF.     Stay in touch with us: Subscribe to the GENDERACTION newsletter Follow us […]

National and EU Impact Plans

If the previous two years were spent mainly developing policy recommendations for the new Horizon Europe and European Research Area, now is the time to push. To this end, consortium members have drafted their national impact plans and as the coordinator we have an EU impact plan. The COVID-19 lockdown has of course slowed us […]

The new ERA must do more for gender equality

Marcela Linkova for euractive.com: As we slowly emerge from the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, one thing is clear – it has brought to the front various aspects of gender equality issues in Research and Innovation (R&I). Read the text: https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/the-new-era-must-do-more-for-gender-equality/

Key gender issues for international STI cooperation

The present Briefing Paper presents a set of recommendations for better promotion of gender equality in policy design and implementation in STI at the international level. It follows up our two mutual learning workshops on gender in international STI cooperation we held in 2019 in Valetta and 2020 in Belgrade. Recommendations to the stakeholders: prevent […]