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9/11/2016 LIBRA – Gender Summit GS9 – Brussels 2016 1
LIBRA Measuring , monitoring and advancing gender
equality in Life Sciences RPOs
Isabelle Vernos ICREA Research Professor
Center for Genomic Regula9on Barcelona, Spain
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2009
2010
2013 2014
2015
Equality committee
Equality Plan
Gender Balance Committee
Strategic activities
Gender Balance at the CRG
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The Gender Balance CommiAee
Mission: To promote equal opportunities for men and women at the CRG and
women's advancement in the scientific career
Mentoring Programme Women Scien9sts Support Grant (WOSS)
• Shortlist for interviews must include top women candidates
• P r o - a c t i v e s e a r c h f o r
candidates
• This year three Pis were recruited: two women and a man
PI Recruitment Policy
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LIBRA & EU-‐life
Gender Expert organisa0on
Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society Work Programme, call for “Promo3ng Gender Equality in Research and Innova3on”
Advisory Board:
Ø Curt Rice Rector Oslo University College of Applied Science Norway
Ø Ineke Klinge Associate Prof of gender medicine Univ Maastricht, The Netherland
Ø Ines Sanchez de Madriaga UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality Policies in Science, Technology and InnovaVon
Address gender imbalance in life sciences across Europe with innovaVve acVons
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LIBRA – Approach
How 1. Assess current status at each insVtute 2. Tailor Gender Equality Plans 3. Implement GEP acVons 4. Sustainability plan
Areas of interven0on § Recruit without Gender Bias § Support Career Development § Improve Work-‐Life Balance § Integrate Sex & Gender Dimension in Research
Start date October 1st, 2015 (42 months) Budget: 2.291.641,25 Euros
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LIBRA -‐ assessment
• Current status and policies at each partner ins0tute • Access to insVtuVonal data • gathering data
Diagnostic Report
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0 1 2 3 4 5 PhD Post-‐doc staff scienVst PI
56%
48% 45%
26%
(ASDO)
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26%
14% 39% 25% 26% 20%
19%
26%
27%
33% 20%
NL
CZ
UK
DK
CH
AT
ES
FR
IT
DE
EU-‐28
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LIBRA -‐ assessment
• Current status and policies • Access to insVtuVonal data • gathering data
• Staff surveys • Targeted to scienVfic staff
Staff perception § Career Development § WLB § Sex/Gender
dimension in research
Diagnostic Report
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Are you taking into account the sex of cell lines/primary cells to answer your research question? (e.g. by recording and repor9ng the sex of cell lines used in experiments):
Sex and Gender dimension in Research
41 % Yes, or depends on research quesVon
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LIBRA -‐ assessment
• Current status and policies • Access to insVtuVonal data • gathering data
• Staff surveys • Targeted to scienVfic staff
• Implicit Associa0on Test • Raise awareness of implicit bias • Measure the level of implicit bias
Diagnos0c Report
Staff percep0on Career Dev. WLB Sex/Gender dimension in research
Staff bias
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Implicit Associa9on Test
Gender-‐Science Associa0on Gender-‐Career Associa0on Natural science words with male or female
AND Liberal arts words with male or female
Career words with male or female
AND Family words with male or female
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Implicit Associa9on Test
Science
Men Women
Career Men
Women
Staff at LIBRA research centres (#1149) Others (#525)
Science
Career Men
Women
Men
Women
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LIBRA – Gender Equality Plans 1
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31-‐ Template developed by ASDO 2-‐ Menu of acVons provided by WP leaders
3-‐ AcVons selected by insVtuVonal GEP teams
4-‐ Planning and implementaVon of acVons at the insVtutes
Work-‐Life Balance
Career Development Recruitment
Sex-‐gender dimension of research
(DiagnosVc Report; Staff percepVons; Staff bias)
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LIBRA – Gender Equality Plans Menu of 84 ac0ons categorized in 4 areas of interven0on
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Recruitment Career development Work-‐Life-‐Balance Sex/Gender dimension in research
# recommended # coordinated # opVonal
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Benefits and Impact
1. Excellent Research • Improving working condiVons for researchers
• AAracVng new talent (female and male)
• IntegraVng sex & gender dimension in research
3. Dissemina0on • Conferences, Workshops
• PublicaVons • TwiAer, Webpage
2. Developing and implementing new tools • Guidelines • Mentoring programs • Workshops and training modules
• Career development (postdocs)
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1st Annual mee9ng NKI – 27-‐28 October 2015
Acknowledgements:
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and innova3on programme under grant agreement No 665937.
Follow us on: hAp://www.eu-‐libra.eu/ TwiAer: @libra_science
