Perception of gender equality at Polish technical university – experiences from GEECCO H2020 project / Lidia Żakowska, Zofia Bryniarska // W: ICSuSaT-2020 3rd International Conference on Sustainable ... więcej

Perception of gender equality at Polish technical university – experiences from GEECCO H2020 project / Lidia Żakowska, Zofia Bryniarska // W: ICSuSaT-2020 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Sciences and Technology : proceedings of ICUSAT2020, online - Turkey, 25-27 September 2020 [Dokument elektroniczny] / eds. İskender Akkurt, Kadir Günoğlu. – Turkey : ICSuSaT, 2020. – S. 34-39 : tab., wykr. – Tryb dostępu: https://dosya.co/x9e6h4a7ldrd/Proceeding_book_ICSuSaT-2020-V2.pdf. – Bibliogr. 16 poz., Abstr. – ISBN 978-605-68728-3-9

Implementing gender equality measures has been only lately initiated in Polish academia, mainly through the participation of the Polish research organizations in European projects aiming at structural ... więcej

Implementing gender equality measures has been only lately initiated in Polish academia, mainly through the participation of the Polish research organizations in European projects aiming at structural change. Cooperation in European research teams together with more advanced partners gives Polish research organisations, being at an initial implementation phase, access to gender equality expertiseand good practices as well as financial resources. However, there are numerous challenges and barriers that impede smooth implementation of gender equality policies, like the Gender Equality Plan, GEP, that need to be addressed as a tailor-made process. Gender equality in the context of STEM and the academia in general means: 1. Reduction of vertical and horizontal segregation (underrepresentation of women in male-dominated sectors); 2. Balancing the asymmetric gender culture in organizations (removing structural barriers for women); 3. Integration of a gender dimension in teaching and research (gender awareness-raising among the academic engineering staff). Aiming to contribute to these three key topics, the perception of gender equality at the Cracow University of Technology (CUT) is presented, based on the EU Horizon2020 project “Gender Equality in Engineering through Communication and Commitment” GEECCO. This running project (2017-2021) is focused on structural, procedural and cultural changes towards gender equality and aimed in removing barriers to the recruitment, retention and career progression of female scientists for addressing gender imbalances in decision making processes and to strengthening the gender dimension in research programs, which is in line with the EC goals.