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Improving Female Researchers’ Careers through Gender Equality Plan actions: Experiences from a Slovenian Research Institution

Literature Item

Author Information:

Name: Tanja Petrović ZRC SAZU, Institute of Culture and Memory Studies Novi trg 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Email: None

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Abstract:

This article draws on the evaluation on the implemention of the Gender Equality Plan adopted at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in early 2019. The Gender Equality Plan (GEP) has been designed to consider the structural differences that condition different perceptions of gender equality within the organisation, the most relevant characteristics of the organisational culture, and the complex institutional structure too. The latter required careful consideration of differences between the particular institutes. The GEP covers five broad areas: mentoring, work-life balance, promoting the excellence of female researchers, raising awareness of gender equality in the organisation, and improving gender neutrality and sensitiy. This understanding is sensitive to the structural variables that define researchers’ academic prospects, as these prospects result from the intersection of various personal and structural factors. This initiative has had an important role of building relationships between women researchers empowerment and capacity building of women in leadership roles and decision-making positions.

Keywords:

gender equality plan, academic career, mentoring, promotion of research excellence, Slovenia

Dates:

Jan. 4, 2021 - None

Source Specificity:

Public Policy Document

Website:

https://repository.mruni.eu/bitstream/handle/007/17490/28310-Article%20Text-98193-1-10-20210428.pdf?sequence=1

Power Domains:

Social

Methods Tools:

Awareness-raising, Monitoring

Country:

SI

City:

Lublana - Slovenia

Implementation Scale:

national

Language:

English, Slovenian

Other Links:

https://repository.mruni.eu/bitstream/handle/007/17490/28310-Article%20Text-98193-1-10-20210428.pdf?sequence=1