Our colleagues in CIREM (the Centre for European Initiatves and Research in the Mediterranean) here in Barcelona have produced a practical guide for the inclusion and use of a gender perspective in research into innovation in ICT, biotechnology and medicine, and urban studies and architecture. The guide is in Spanish, and is available . . . → Read More: CIREM publishes guide on gender in innovation research
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The Gender and STEM network, which brings together those working on educational and occupational gender issues in STEM fields, is holding its international conference in Amsterdam on 5-6 September 2012. The conference will deal with the following issues: pre-school gender development and participation in STEM; Cecilia Castaño has shown how women, and therefore gender equality, in Spain are disproportionately affected by the public spending cuts. You can read her . . . → Read More: Cecilia Castaño writes on the gender impact of the cuts in el Pais From 23 of April to 25 of April there will be a simposium in the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies at Technical University Berlin. This is called “Diffraction Patterns. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on an emerging paradigm in Gender Studies ” and it is concerned with the diffractive methodology proposed by the feminist philosopher of science Karen . . . → Read More: Understanding gender from a different perpective: diffraction patterns The 8th Feminist Conferences are being held in Budapest in May. During four days, gender researchers and feminist academics will be discussing different issues in order to know where and how we are doing gender in many different areas. There are twelve strands which try to cover all the different aspects concerning gender and women’s studies . . . → Read More: 8th Feminist Conferences in Budapest In a new blog, called Open Thoughts, we raise this question on International Women’s Day to illustrate how far off gender equality in ICT remains. Of course, as our first contributor, the vice president of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes, rightly asserts, achieving equality is not about having a single woman in a high place, but . . . → Read More: What if Steve Jobs had been a woman? Message from the genSET project http://www.gender-summit.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=278&Itemid=42 The Manifesto is the result of the public consultation launched by genSET in conjunction with the 1st European Gender Summit. It summarizes the views of over 300 individuals working in the European science system that responded to genSET’s public consultation with recommendations on how to enhance research and innovation by addressing gender . . . → Read More: Policy Manifesto for Integrated Action on the Gender Dimension in Science Madrid, 29th-30th March, 2012. Organized by CIREM. The seminar Scientific Innovations and the Gender Perspective will provide a discussion forum about the successes and future challenges of integrating the gender dimension into Spanish scientific and technical research content. What does integrating the “gender perspective” in science really mean? What is the state of the art . . . → Read More: Upcoming Seminar on Scientific Innovation and Gender, Madrid March 2012 The conference “Equality between women and men” debated progress on advancing key issues for gender equality identified in the European Commission’s ‘Strategy for Equality between Women and Men 2010-2015’ We presented a contribution to SESSION I: EQUAL ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE with the title The contribution of gender equality to the ‘Innovation Union’ flagship initiative . . . → Read More: CONFERENCE Equality between women and men, 19-20th September, DG Justice, European Commission Three members of our group, Cecilia Castaño, Rachel Palmén and Juliet Webster, have jointly edited a Special Issue of the International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, which is now available. The issue is called Women in ICT: international research from a lifecourse perspective, and features articles from leading researchers covering the issues facing women in . . . → Read More: Journal Special Issue on Women in ICT through the Lifecourse now out! |
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