FESTA sister projects and organisations

EU project GARCIA
The Garcia project began in early 2014 as a collaboration between seven universities and research organisations: University of Trento, Université catholique de Louvain, Radboud University Nijmegen, University of Iceland, University of Lausanne, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Joanneum Research Forschungsgesel. The GARCIA considers how the gender dimension affects excellence and efficiency in research. The project plans to map and analyze the gender dimension at different organizational levels in various European research institutions.

EU project STAGES

STAGES is short for “Structural Transformation to Achieve Gender Equality in Science”. The main objective of STAGES is to launch structural change strategies addressing the problem of gender inequality in science through implementation of self-tailored actions plans in different European universities and research institutions. 

 

EU project PRAGES

PRAGES is short for “Practicing Gender Equality in Science". The project aims at comparing the various strategies implemented for promoting the presence of women in decision-making positions relating to scientific research in public institutions. It pursues the objective of collecting, classifying and evaluating good practices and positive actions involving those where a positive contribution from men is recorded that can be found. The area is the OECD countries, both at the national level and at the level of the individual institutions, and another aim is to make data available, in a usable form, to a number of selected targets, including both decision-makers and other relevant stakeholders.

 

EU project WHIST

WHIST is short for “Women’s careers hitting the target: gender management in scientific and technological research”. The project concerns the experimentation of gender diversity management policies in different kind of organisations conducting scientific and technological research. It consists of a coordinated set of activities of networking, awareness-raising, experimentation and knowledge transfer between scientific organisations of different countries as well as between scientific organisations and decision-makers. The project aims to obtain more active and firm commitment of member states in the promotion of women involved in scientific research and technological development. Furthermore, the project aims to increase the capacity of S&T institutions in monitoring, managing and feeding gender diversity in their own organisation, at all levels. In this way, amongst other things, the project intends to contribute to the adoption and implementation of the European Charter for Researchers as well as of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.

 

Towards Women in Science and Technology (TWIST) is raising awareness about the role and representation of women in science through ambitious programmes and activities in science centres and museums.

 

European Platform of Women in Science is an international non-profit organisation that represents the needs, concerns, interests, and aspirations of more than 12.000 women scientists in Europe and beyond.

 

Women's Engineering Society is a professional, not-for-profit network of women engineers, scientists and technologists offering inspiration, support and professional development.

 

WEST is a learning community that provides women in the enterprise of science and technology with the inspiration, knowledge, and connections to reach their full potential.

 

ScienceGrrl is a broad-based, grassroots organisation celebrating and supporting women in science; a network of people who are passionate about passing on our love of science on to the next generation.

 

Women in Science, Engineering and Technology has a main focus on widening the participation of under-represented groups in science, technology, engineering, maths (STEM) and the built environment.

 

WISE helps organisations to inspire women and girls to pursue STEM subjects as pathways to exciting and fulfilling careers

 

Equality Challenge Unit works to futher and support equality and diversity for staff and students in higher education across all four nations of the UK.

 

Association for Women in Mathematics aims to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences.

 

The Women Chemists Committee (WCC) serves the membership of the American Chemical Society. Our mission is to be leaders in attracting, developing, promoting, and advocating for women in the chemical sciences in order to positively impact society and the profession.

 

The Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) was founded in 1972 to address the encouragement and career development of women physicists.

 

Steminist Promoting the visibility and voices of women in science, tech, engineering and math.

 

WITEC is an European association with 25 years of history of promoting studies and activities related to empowering women in the field of technology, science and engineering.

 

Women in Global Science and Technology is an international non-profit which promotes women's development of science, technology and innovation.

 

European Center for Women and Technology is a partnership for organisations and individuals working together to increase the number of girls and women in technology.