"Towards a Gender-Balanced Science Culture to Foster Innovation" was the title under
which the European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS organized a lunch debate in
the European Parliament in Brussels on 31 January 2012. The event was hosted by Prof.
Dr. Leonidas Donskis MEP, Lithuania, and brought together over 60 participants from
all over Europe, among them Members of the European Parliament (MEP), officials
from the European Commission, representatives of European and international
organizations as well as numerous EPWS member organizations.
The event set the spark to a dialogue between women scientists and policy makers in
Europe regarding the up-coming discussions of the European Commission’s Horizon
2020 proposal, reinforcing a cooperation that will allow women scientists to better
contribute to European policy-making in the future.
The event included the presentation of six EU and national projects, intended to inform
the audience about current research projects addressing the gender imbalance in science,
paving ways towards establishing a gender-balanced science culture in Europe and
giving the word to women researchers. Maria Caprile presented the SHEMERA project.
Presentation (attached).
More info: http://www.epws.net/