European Gender and Science Watch System<fwd>

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> Women Scientists and FP5
>
> Within FP5, the Commission foresees the requirement of
> consideration of
> equal opportunities throughout the Programme's
> implementation. This has now
> been accepted by the Council as well as the Parliament. To
> put this into
> effect, the Commission proposes measures to encourage women
> to participate
> in projects; to collect statistics on the participation of
> women in the
> programmes; to ensure a significant proportion of women on
> its advisory and
> consultative bodies, including the new Advisory Groups,
> project evaluators
> and the evaluation panels for each programme. Particular
> emphasis will be
> placed on areas of interest to women in the different
> programmes,
> particularly the socio-economic research fields in the
> "Improving Human
> Potential" programme.
>
> The implementation of these measures will be coordinated by
> a new "European
> Gender and Science Watch System", set up within the
> Commission and
> addressing the whole Framework Programme. A women and
> science network will
> be established throughout the EU, allowing exchanges and
> coordination of
> national initiatives. This network will associate both
> individuals and
> organisations active in the field, including many of those
> present at the
> conference. In order to ensure wider awareness, as well as
> political
> discussion of the proposed measures, Commissioner Cresson
> will shortly
> present a communication on the subject to the Commission.
> This will not
> only address the position of women in research but also the
> educational
> system which appears to discourage women from studying
> applied sciences and
> engineering.
>
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