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Institutional Change for Gender Equality in Research

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Gender Equality at the University of Minho: Empowering Women for Successful Careers in Engineering

Victor Barros    University of Minho – ALGORITMI, Portugal    

Isabel Ramos    University of Minho – ALGORITMI, Portugal    

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With the impacts of technology and globalization, there’s an increasing need for studies involving topics related to gender equality. There is a need for growing awareness about gender inequalities and promoting effective actions for their eradication., it is no different. Effective policies must be implemented in academia and scientific institutions to address and promote gender equality in managing human resources, research and pedagogical activities. This chapter describes the actions carried out at the University of Minho to implement a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) under the auspices of the European Project H2020, titled “EQUAL-IST – Gender Equality Plans for Information Sciences and Technology Research Institutions”. It describes the activities implemented the encountered resistances, the strategic decisions made to overcome them and lessons learned during the execution along the process.

Published
Dec. 17, 2019
Language
EN
ISBN (PRINT)
978-88-6969-335-9
ISBN (EBOOK)
978-88-6969-334-2

Keywords: Academia • Cohalition building • Research • Gender equality plans • Engineering • Institutional communication

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-334-2/005

Copyright: © 2019 Victor Barros, Isabel Ramos. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.