EVAN
Gender Board
January 2007
Katrin Schaefer
Sarah Elton
Katerina Harvati
What is the role of the Gender Board?
Oversees ‘gender-related’ issues:
•Monitor gender equality
•Ensure gender equality
•Co-ordinate measures to promote equality
between men and women
•Make links to existing initiatives promoting
women in science
Reports to Co-ordinator
Gender Board website
http://www.evan.at/consortium/gender
… please take a look!
Monitoring gender equality:
Staff participation in EVAN by sex –
excluding Fellows
Last updated July 31st 2006
Monitoring gender equality:
recruitment and appointments process
Last updated July 31st 2006
Ensuring gender equality
•Extensive briefing notes at:
http://www.evan.at/gender/ensuring-equal-opportunities
•Sexual harassment/discrimination - list of
institutional HR contacts at:
http://www.evan.at/gender/sexual-harassment-discrimination
•The Gender Board hopes to work closely with
the Training Administrator in 2007 to ensure
gender equality in training
Co-ordinating measures to promote
gender equality
• Welcome letters to new Fellows
• EVANWOMEN mailing list:
[email protected]
See the archives at:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/EVANWOMEN.html
• Mentoring offered to female Fellows
• EVAN Discussion Forum for Women’s Issues
• EVAN Female Participants list
Making links to existing initiatives
• Contact made with the Center for Gender
Equality, University of Vienna
• Specialist support at home institution of project
• Links made to various other Europe-wide and
country-specific organizations (e.g. the European
Platform of Women Scientists and Women into
Science, Engineering and Construction, UK)
• Full list of resources at:
http://www.evan.at/gender/links-to-other-organizations
What else we need from SICs
• Many thanks for providing information
• Please continue to complete Recruitment
Monitoring forms
• Please also complete Annual Monitoring
forms
• Links at:
http://www.evan.at/gender/monitoring-gender-equality