Integrating gender equality into academia and research: legal, policy and other stimulatory initiatives in the EU Member States III/VII

Legal framework The purpose of the Directive 2006/54/EC (recast) is to ensure the implementation of the principle of equal opportnities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation. The Directive contains provisions to implement the principle of equal treatment in relation to: a) access to employment, including promotion, and to vocational training; b) working conditions,...

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EU objectives for gender equality in research II/VII

Three objectives underpin the European Commission’s strategy on gender equality in research and innovation policy: • Fostering equality in scientific careers; • Ensuring gender balance in decision-making processes and bodies; • Integrating the gender dimension in research and innovation content, i.e. taking into account the biological characteristics and the social features of women and men. As laid out in...

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Promoting gender equality in academia and research institutions in the European Union I/VII

Over the last 15 years, continuous and cumulative steps have been made to advance gender equality in research and higher education institutions in the European Union (see Figure 1). Despite these efforts, and although progress can be noticed (as shown by ‘She Figures’), there is still work to be done because literature and statistics provide evidence that: research and higher education institutions are...

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ZAIN HABBOO

Born in Iraq, raised in Jordan, and educated in England, Zain Habboo now calls Washington, D.C., home. As the Senior Director for Digital and Multimedia Strategy at the United Nations Foundation, Zain develops and oversees digital, video, photo, and mobile strategy for the Foundation and its 17-plus worldwide campaigns and initiatives. Her team's ambitious mission—to engage citizens around the globe with...

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Nancy Lyman Roelker

Nancy Lyman Roelker (1915–1993)  Nancy Lyman Roelker was born on June 15, 1915, in Warwick, Rhode Island, to William Greene Roelker, a historian, and Anna (Koues) Roelker. She received an A.B. from Radcliffe College in 1936, an A.M. from Harvard University in 1937, and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1953. She taught European history from 1937 to 1941 at Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts, and...

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10 action points to ensure access to compensation for trafficked persons.

Although compensation is an internationally recognised right of trafficked persons, there are many barriers that prevent them from accessing this right.  Obstacles include lack of awareness among police and the judicial system, lack of access to legal aid and adequate information for victims, the postponement of trials and long duration of criminal and civil proceedings, and, in the case of foreign...

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Khadija al Salami

Nothing at first sight betrays the strong will and bravery that lie behind the smiles and the gentle manners of Khadija al Salami, the softly-spoken cultural counsellor at the Yemeni embassy in Paris. But Mrs al Salami’s story is an unusual and inspiring one. From humble beginnings in Sanaa, Khadija al Salami achieved diplomatic status as representative of her country in one of Europe’s most vibrant...

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Mara Schiavocampo

Mara Schiavocampo born September 28, 1979 is an American journalist, working for ABC News. She was an anchor for Early Today on NBC and for First Look on MSNBC and was an NBC News correspondent. She is now an ABC News New York-based correspondent. Schiavocampo received her undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles and master's degree from University of Maryland, College Park. Schiavocampo...

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Reshma Saujani

Reshma Saujani is the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, a national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology. Through its Summer Immersion Programs and Clubs, Girls Who Code is leading the movement to inspire, educate, and equip young women with the computing skills to pursue 21st century opportunities. Started in 2012, the organization will reach more than 40,000 girls in...

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Mary Jane Veloso on death row

Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso is a Filipino woman who was arrested and sentenced to death for smuggling heroin into Indonesia. Her case, among others, sparked international attention towards Indonesia's capital punishment and drug prohibition laws. Veloso was born to a poor family in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. She is the youngest of five siblings. She and her husband married when she was around 17 years old...

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10. REDUCES HARM FROM NATURAL DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Around the world, better-educated women are able to protect themselves and their families from the e ects of natural disasters because they can provide higher quality of care for their children in the face of crisis and navigate the challenges posed to bounce back quicker. Deaths due to disaster could be reduced by 60 percent by 2050 if 70 percent of all 20-39 year old women completed lower-secondary school* *...

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9. PROMOTES POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

Girls’ education helps give women the skills they need to take on leadership roles in public life. In those roles, they are much more likely to advocate for decisions and policy that benefit family and community life, such as improved education and social services.In India, increasing the number of women who can read and write by 8 percent would increase the share of female candidates by 16 percent, the...

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8. LEADS TO EMPOWERMENT

Educating women and girls improves their agency and empowers them. For example, women with higher levels of education are less likely to accept domestic violence, more likely to have control over household resource decisions, and have greater freedom to move about on their own. In a study of one African country, for every additional year of school a woman completed she was 10 percent less likely to believe...

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7. DECREASES CHILD MARRIAGE

A high-quality education for girls is a critical strategy for preventing child marriage and improving the lives of girls who are already married. Across 18 of the 20 countries with the highest prevalence of child marriage, girls with no education are up to six times more likely to marry as children than girls with a secondary education.* * ICRW (International Center for Research on Women). 2006. Too Young...

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6. DECREASES HIV/AIDS AND MALARIA

Girls and women who are better educated are less likely to contract and spread HIV/AIDS because they have more knowledge about how it is contracted and practice safer sex. For that reason, girls' education is often called the “social vaccine.” The same is true for malaria. If all young adults completed primary education, we could expect 700,000 fewer new cases of HIV infections each year, or 7 million...

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