EPWS: AN EXAMPLE OF AN UMBRELLA NETWORK AND OF COOPERATION BETWEEN WOMEN SCIENTISTS ACROSS EUROPE

Claudine Hermann

Published: 2015-06-30

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2015)

EPWS: AN EXAMPLE OF AN UMBRELLA NETWORK AND OF COOPERATION BETWEEN WOMEN SCIENTISTS ACROSS EUROPE

Claudine Hermann

Abstract

We wish to show in this contribution that equality is not yet reached between female and male scientists in Europe: thus improving the situation of women scientists in the European Member States requires the joint efforts both of the European Commission and the women scientists themselves, in particular through EPWS which federates their networks and associations. After an historical overview of European Union (EU) policies in favourof women scientists during the last fifteen years, we list various initiatives taken by EU in this field. We then explain the missions and activities of the non-profit international association European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS) and how it brings the voice of 12.000 women scientists in Europe to the level of European institutions in a complementary way.

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women, science, European Union, policy of increasing the number of women scientists in the EU

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Hermann, C. (2015). EPWS: AN EXAMPLE OF AN UMBRELLA NETWORK AND OF COOPERATION BETWEEN WOMEN SCIENTISTS ACROSS EUROPE. Academic Journal of Sociology, 11(2). Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/ucs/article/view/2922

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