CrowdEquality
The first pan-European idea crowdsourcing platform for
promoting gender equality and diversity
in research institutions
Have you ever noticed the lack of women in academia, especially in leading
positions? Are you aware of gender imbalances existing in Information
Sciences and Technology (IST) research institutions and their far-reaching
negative consequences?
IST belongs to the research sectors most affected by gender inequalities at all
levels. The EU-funded project EQUAL-IST (“Gender Equality Plans for
Information Sciences and Technology Research Institutions”) strives to bring
gender balance to IST research institutions around Europe by following a
participatory approach to the design of tailored Gender Equality Plans.
Seven IST research institutions from Northern, Southern, Central, and Eastern
European countries participate in the EQUAL-IST project. After collecting
statistics on gender distribution at all levels and gender equality indicators,
the research institutions conducted the internal gender audit process to reveal
specific challenges related to gender equality and diversity that they currently
face.
We do not want to keep our findings in a small circle!
We would like to know your opinion to help us find the best ideas to tackle
the identified internal challenges.
Are you up to the challenge to help promoting gender equality at
research institutions around Europe?
We invite you contribute to the CrowdEquality platform developed within the
EQUAL-IST project that is aimed at collecting ideas and triggering
discussions about promising initiatives for promoting gender equality and
diversity in research institutions. CrowdEquality strives to be an inclusive
community that empowers men and women all over the world to freely
discuss the issues of gender equality and diversity.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 710549.
The crowdsourcing process on CrowdEquality follows the Ideation, Review,
Voting, and Implementation phases.
Start
(Ideation)
April 2017
Continue
(Review)
May 2017
Finish
(Voting)
June 2017
Policy
(Implementation)
The goal of the Ideation phase is to brainstorm and discuss all possible ideas
addressing the identified challenges. You can contribute to the Ideation phase
until April 30th by leaving ‘Likes’ and comments to the challenges you find
important and the ideas you find promising or, on the contrary, unrealistic or
requiring improvement.
Please register to start contributing! Your comments will be reviewed and
considered on a weekly basis by the platform local moderators.
Why can it be interesting for you?
 Learn what gender equality challenges exist at research institutions
around Europe and express your own perception about them.
 Share your opinion about the ideas to tackle these challenges.
 Explore your own conscious & unconscious biases.
 Influence the formation of internal gender policies at research
institutions around Europe.
The most active users will be invited for an interview that will appear in
the online communication channels of the EQUAL-IST project.
Follow us on social media:
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/EQUALISTproject
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EQUALISTproject
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/EQUALIST-8559876
Feel free to contact us for more information: [email protected]
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement No 710549.