Guidelines for Gender Equality Programmes in Science - GeNet

The project was carried out under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and
Technological Development, also benefiting from a grant from the Italian Ministry for the
Economy and Finance. The activities were implemented by a consortium of eleven partners:
– Department for Equal Opportunities – Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy, project
coordinator);
– ASDO – Assembly of Women for Development and the Struggle against Social Exclusion
(Italy);
– TETALAP – Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation (Hungary);
– Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan – Bicocca (Italy);
– Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policies, Aarhus University
(Denmark);
– Centre for Equality and Diversity at Work, Manchester Business School (United Kingdom);
– Centre for Study and Research “Women and Gender Differences”, University of Milan
(Italy);
– Center for Gender in Organizations, Simmons College School of Management (United
States);
– Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom);
– Research School of Social Sciences, University of Queensland (Australia);
– The European University Institute (Italy).
The guidelines are firstly targeting scientific leaderships and management as well as
women’s networks and associations within public and private universities and research institutions,
in order to provide them with ideas and suggestions to start or enhance gender-equality
initiatives in their organisations. At a more general level, the guidelines are also targeting
public, private and non-profit institutions involved in research policy; public, private and nonprofit
institutions involved in equal opportunity policies; civil society organisations; business
associations and trade unions; national and European scientific societies and networks; the
media.
The text was drafted by Marina Cacace (ASDO).
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