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WHIST
– Women’s careers hitting the target:
gender management in scientific and technological research The Support Action “Women’s careers hitting the target: gender management in scientific
and technological research” (WHIST)
was funded by the European Commission - DG Research, within the context of the Seventh Framework Programme, under
the Programme “Capacities”, and co-financed by IGRUE (the Italian General Inspectorate for
Financial Relations with the European Union), Ministry for Economy and
Treasury (Italy). The project’s general purpose was strengthening the capacity and
orientation of S&T research institution to promote and manage gender
diversity in their midst, at all levels, with the awareness that making full
use of both male and female human resources and scientific talent contributes
to the advancement of European science. The WHIST Project was conducted starting from the main outputs of the
Coordination Action “Practising Gender Equality in Science” (PRAGES),
also funded by the European Commission, which resulted in the publication of
the Guidelines for Gender Equality Programmes in Science, aimed at supporting
women’s participation in scientific and technological development. To many respects, therefore, WHIST can be understood as a
continuation of PRAGES. Under the WHIST Project, the designing and implementation of
three experimentation activities on gender equality in science and technology
were envisaged. The three experimentations were carried out in Germany,
France and Denmark, respectively by: ·
the Fraunhofer
Gesellschaft – Institute for Industrial Engineering
(IAO) on implementing structural features aimed at continuously improving
gender diversity management and disseminating information regarding gender and
diversity at the Fraunhofer IAO intranet; ·
the European Space Agency (ESA) on
supporting the creation of an institutional Committee promoting standards of
behaviours related to the quality of working life for women at ESA; the design and dissemination of
corporate guidelines integrating the gender diversity dimension of behaviour
at work; the design and implementation of a communication campaign on
behaviour standards at ESA and an intranet on gender diversity; ·
the Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy of the
University of Aarhus (AU) on supporting the implementation of gender equality
activities and action plans in a number of faculties/departments at the
University of Aarhus and the start of a mentoring programme for young female researchers
in two faculties at the Aarhus University. The main outcomes
of the experimentation activities
are contained in the Guidelines on gender diversity
in science and technology, that have been presented in an international
conference held in Brussels on November 2011. Link to the web page of the project: http://www.retepariopportunita.it/defaultdesktop.aspx?page=3134
Download the ”Guidelines on
Gender Diversity in S&T Organisations” Download the Whist Second
Policy Brief Download the contributions to the International Conference,
held in Brussels on November
7th 2011 : Veronica
Bindi, CERN - European Organization for Nuclear
Research Marina
Cacace, ASDO Marcella
Corsi, University La Sapienza of Rome and Free University of Brussels Giovanna
Declich, ASDO Zineb Elomri, ESA – European Space Agency Evanthia Kalpazidou Schmidt,
Aarhus University Gilles
Laroche, Unit Ethics & Gender, DG Research
and Innovation, European Commission Michele Palma, Department
for Equal Opportunities, Italian Presidency of the
Council of Ministers Minna
Salminen, Uppsala University Jurgen Wilke and Michaela Klemish, Fraunhofer
Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO |