Project Gendera

GENDERA - Changing the gender balance in research organisations

From 2010 – 2012, the Partners in the GENDERA initiative will strive to make a change to the balance of gender in research organisations in Europe. By raising awareness in a wide cross-section of today's society, GENDERA aims to re-address the balance of gender within research organisations and higher education organisations across Europe. The role of women in specific disciplines and in decision making positions will be strengthened through dialogue (the gender debate) and the implementation of best practices. From 2010 onwards, the GENDERA partners will collect, systemise and analyse existing policies and programmes in order to identify good practices that are already having a positive effect on ensuring that women get higher in research organisations and higher education institutions and achieve decision-making positions.

The project is supported by the European Commission under the FP7 Capacities programme.
GENDERA is coordinated by Tudományos és Technológiai Alapítvány (Hungary). Other partners in the project are the Center for European Initiatives and Research in the Mediterranean (Spain), National Documentation Centre/ National Hellenic Research Foundation (EKT/NHRF) (Greece), Jozef Stefan Institute (Slovenia), Univerzita Mateja Bela (Slovakia), Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (Austria), Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (Germany), Agencia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea (Italy) and ORT Braude College of Engineering (Israel). The project information brochure can be downloaded here

Hungarian Action Plan

The Hungarian Recommendation for a Women and Science Action Plan

The structure of the Hungarian Recommendation for a Women and Science Action Plan is based on the GENDERA Guidelines. It is simple to read and understand but, at the same time, it is an attention catching professional material. The text is divided into 3 main parts. In the first part we suggest structural changes, for example equality plans and committees, to influence women’s share in scientific life and research management. In the second part we suggest cultural changes in the leader positions, measures to increase the interest of high-school girls to the scientific career…etc. In the third part we offer a few tools which can help to create a more women friendly research and scientific sphere. The most important part of the document is the annex, where we collected concrete examples applicable in Hungary for every suggested change.

Further information:
Download the Hungarian Action Plan