WORLD REPORT ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND GENDER - 2005

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WORLD REPORT ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND GENDER -
2005

• Eduardo Martinez
• Chief of Section
• Science and Technology Strategic Planning
• UNESCO SC/AP Division
• 1 rue Miollis (B6.33)
• 75015 Paris, France
• Tel. [phone], 4164 Fax [phone]
• e.martinez_at_unesco.org

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WRSTG

• 0. WRSTG OBJECTIVES
• Produce a solid and rigourous report based on
  empirical research and data. The report aims at
  being both a conceptual and analytical tool, and
  a framework for action
• Provide ST policy-makers with a Framework of
  Action regarding gender, ST at a national and
  regional level- Priority areas- Policy
  recommendations- Research/study needs

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WRSTG

• 0. WRSTG OBJECTIVES
• Elaborate a sound message and document addressed
  to national and international scientific and
  academic communities, promoting the dissemination
  and serious discussion of gender, ST issues
• Identify a basic Future Research Agenda
  (eventually, project profiles) at national and
  regional levels.

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WRSTG

• I. Process Guidelines
• The WRSTG will be a technical study
• UNESCO will coordinate an inter-agency
  collaborative process
• The WRSTG ought to incorporate substantive,
  technical inputs from relevant institutions
  involved in science, technology and gender
  studies and policy worldwide.

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• II. Basic issues
• Science and technology must be engaged as tools
  to accomplish sustainable human development, and
  gender mainstreaming must include changing the
  working culture in the scientific and
  technological fields.

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• II. Basic issues
• Education in science and technology has been
  based on stereotypes and approaches that do not
  favour women involvement. A full and equitable
  participation of women in scientific and
  technological activities will contribute to the
  enrichment and re-orientation of science and
  technology programmes, approaches, practices and
  applications.

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• II. Basic issues
• It is necessary to develop strategies and
  policies for facilitating womens access to
  scientific and technological knowledge,
  simultaneously increasing their participation in
  all scientific and technological activities.

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• II. Basic issues
• Women remain under-represented in
• National science and technology decision-making
  bodies (ONCYTS)
• Local government science and technology
  decision-making bodies
• University science and technology decision-making
  bodies
• Science and engineering programmes teaching staff
• Science and engineering programmes
  decision-makers
• Science and engineering RD centres research
  staff
• Science and engineering RD centres
  decision-makers.

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• III. Process Objectives
• Carry out a worldwide consultation with relevant
  institutions involved in science, technology and
  gender studies and policy, aimed at elaborating,
  discussing, disseminating, and following-up the
  WRSTG -2005
• Draft, discuss and publish the World Report on
  Science, Technology and Gender -2005
• Follow-up the WRSTG -2005 Media dissemination,
  regional and national presentation and discussion
  forums, and follow-up studies.

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• IV. WRSTG Outline
• Executive Summary
• Preface
• Acknowledgments and Technical Editor
• 0. Introduction
• Key issues in gender, science and technology
  (scientific and technological research,
  higher-education, science education, ST related
  labour market, gender equality,
  institutional/policy issues, cultural/organization
  al issues, decision-making, gender-ST
  indicators, etc.)
• Policy recommendations
• Future research needs
• Project profiles
• Follow-up.

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• IV. WRSTG Outline
• Annexes
• Glossary Science, Technology and Gender
• Agendas for major actors
• List of Partner Institutions
• List of contributors
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• List of Tables, Figures and Boxes
• Selected bibliography.

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• V. Methodology
• WRSTG Sources the WRSTG will be a technical
  study based on empirical research and data, case
  studies, and best practice analysis
• WRSTG Annotated Outline drafting, circulation
  and revision of WRSTG Annotated Outline
• WRSTG Task-Sharing technical meeting of partner
  institutions on the WRSTG Annotated Outline and
  Task-sharing
• WRSTG Drafting and discussing

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• V. Methodology
• WRSTG Final Draft technical meeting of partner
  institutions on the Final Draft of WRSTG and
  follow-up activities
• WRSTG Future studies and projects preparation
  and negotiation of follow-up studies and projects
• WRSTG Follow-up Media dissemination (press
  release, publication and CD-ROM distribution, web
  site -and mirrors), regional and national
  presentation and discussion forums, and follow-up
  studies.

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• Partner Organizations
• AAAS, AARU, ATPS, AWIS, Commonwealth
  Secretariat, CYTED, EC, ECLAC, GenTeC, IAC, ICSU,
  IDB, IDRC, IDS, INWES, JICA, NRC, OAS, OECD, OEI,
  RESGEST, SIDA, UNIDO, AGI, UNCSTD, UNDP, UNO,
  UNU-INTECH, TWOWS, WFEO, GAB/WIGSAT, the World
  Bank.

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• Technical Secretariat
• Dr. Eduardo Martinez
• ST Strategic Planning and Evaluation
• Science Analysis and Policy Division
• Natural Sciences Sector
• UNESCO
• 1 rue Miollis
• 75015 Paris
• France
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• Tel. (33) (0) 1-4568 4075, 4164
• Fax (33) (0) 1-4568 5827
• e.martinez_at_unesco.org

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eduardo martinez chief of section science and
technology strategic planning
e.martinez_at_unesco.org phone (33)
1-45684075 fax [phone]
1 rue Miollis 75015 paris france