How to make scientific proposals gender sensitive

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How to make scientific proposals gender sensitive

• Tatiana Sedová
• WP 4

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Title of the manual

• Why gendered science matters
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• How to include a gender dimension into the EU 6th
  FP
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Motto

• ...whoever gets a chance to define what counts as
  a scientific problem also gets a powerful role in
  shaping the picture of the world that results
  from scientific research.
• (S.
  Harding, 1991)

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About the manual

• Researchers who apply for public funding and
  especially for funding by EU must be able not
  only to carry out excellent research and and
  submit excellent proposals but they must be able
  to address also non scientific issues per se
  such as political, social, economic ones in
  the proposals. These issues have been identified
  by the EC and researchers who wish to granted by
  public funds must be aware these problems.
• And gender equality in science is an important
  part of different activities and policies that
  have been launched by EC and have to be adapted
  by members od the EU.

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Background

• Gender issues as an important part of the
  European Union respectively articles of the
  Treaty
• Article on Equality 2, 3
• Article 13 on Discrimination
• EU POLICIES
• Mainstreaming of equality Com (96) 67
• Promoting participation of women in R and D Com
  (98) 112
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Background

• GENDER ACTIVITIES in FRAMEWORK 5/6
• ETAN REPORT
• Enwise report
• Others important text
• Concrete materials regarding calls of the 6FP
  (analysis of priorities and outcomes have been
  done and gender dimension in project have been
  demostrated on examples

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Main objectives of the manual

• To help researchers to understand in simply way
  gender issues in science
• To show proposers how to include gender dimension
  in their project
• To show researchers how their proposed project
  can be designed as gender sensitive
• At level of project content
• At level of project impact
• Regarding gender balance in setting up research
  team
• To make research project more interesting for
  society

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Mission

• To make researchers more aware gender issue in
  science
• To show proposers who are not expert in gender
  analysis how to use some tools of it
• To indicate how to design more gender sensitive
  project
• How to write more competetive proposal
• To reduce gender bias in proposed projects step
  by step

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For whom is the manual intended?

• Researchers writing proposals
• Advisors to researchers e.g. National Contact
  Points
• Proposal evaluators

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Structure of the manual

• I. Gender mainstreaming and advancement of women
• II.   What is the significance of gender analysis
  and gender mainstreaming in research?
• III.  Questions and indicators in terms of them
  can be included gender dimension in research
• IV. Best practice - case study
• V.   Annex

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Gender dimension at the project

• An attempt to incorporate gender creates
  opportunities to enrich your research in terms of
  methods, tasks or better-targeted outcomes. You
  should formulate specific women and
  gender-related goals, methods and tasks, which
  means systematically question whether the gender
  dimension is relevant in each step of your
  project.
• What questions should be raised if you want to
  incorporate a gender dimension into the project?

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On the project level

• Detailed analysed of available 5th FP, 6th FP and
  COST projects (more than 250 projects were
  analysed)
• Detailed analyses of available gender assessment
  of previous 5th FP (more than 40 reports)
• Analyses of available guidelines published for
  the current 6th FP

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On the project level

• Gender dimension at the content description
• Project goals
• Projects tasks
• Methods
• Expected results
• Gender dimension at the participation
• Project team
• Working hours

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Questions and indicators

• Question ?
• Example 1
  Example 2
• Indicator
• Example 1
  Example 2

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Defining the goals

• Question Are there hidden aspects involving
  gender roles and stereotypes in your goals?
• Indicator Goals take into account different
  gender roles and stereotypes

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Defining the goals

• Question Are there any relevant differences
  related to gender connected to your research
  object?
• Indicator Detailed overview of linkages of your
  scientific fields and gender

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Defining the tasks

• Question Do the tasks in your research involve
  human beings or population as object of your
  research?
• Indicator Detailed description of the target
  groups involved in your research divided by
  gender

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Defining the tasks

• Question Are these differences between women and
  men expressed in your tasks?
• Indicator Tasks of project are defined in terms
  of gender differences

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Selecting the methods

• Question Do the methods in your research
  involved human beings or population?
• Indicator Gender sensitive methods, which
  reflect differences between women and men is
  included in your research

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Selecting the methods

• Question Is the number of women and men in the
  sample used in the particular research activity
  balanced?
• Indicator Gender balance in the groups involved
  in the project such as testing groups or samples.

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Selecting the methods

• Question Could different impacts on women and
  men be expected in your research?
• Indicator Gender segregated results, which
  reflect structural and functional diversity of
  the society

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Defining the expected results

• Question Is the impact of results on gender
  considered in the project?
• Indicator Gender impact assessment of results is
  included

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What the manual cannot do

• To create gender friendly science
• To provide tools for positive discrimination
• To replace European Commission documents
• To help researchers to create balance between
  private life and scientific career
• To help people to access EU funds
• To teach researchers how to re-define science
• To teach researchers how to carry out gender
  analysis without special training
• To change science policy and current science
  culture at national level or at European level

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Why does gendered science matter?

• Gendered science takes into account diversity
  among individuals and differences between men and
  women, their different needs, life expectations,
  and careeer path
• Gendered science contributes to elimination of
  structural and functional inequalities between
  men and women
• Gendered science helps to reduce gender bias at
  level of research (in shaping projects, obtaining
  results and their interpretation

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Why does gendered science matter?

• Gendered science promotes gender balance among
  researchers in team
• Gendered science promotes utilization of human
  resources
• Gendered science can raise awareness of gender
  sensitivity among people

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Why does gendered science matter?

• In a long term perspective gendered science can
  transform the nature of science, which till now
  has been affected and influenced by men
  domination, and to create a women friendly
  scientific culture.

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