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Proactive Strategies for Advancing Women in Science ICI2004, Montreal, Canada Careers and Representation of Women Scientists in French Government Institutions Catherine Sautes-Fridman Professor of Immunology University Pierre et Marie Curie Faculte des Sciences France.
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Proactive Strategies for Advancing Women in ScienceICI2004, Montreal, Canada Careers and Representation of Women Scientists in French Government InstitutionsCatherine Sautes-FridmanProfessor of Immunology University Pierre et Marie Curie Faculte des SciencesFrance
A GOOD START AT UNIVERSITY, BUT A PROGRESSIVE DECLINE ! % men % women % men % women Undergrad. Students PhD Students Researchers 1 OUT OF 3 RESEARCHERS ARE WOMEN
Math. Physics Engineering Chem. Med. Life Sciences MORE WOMEN IN LIFE SCIENCES THAN IN MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS OR ENGINEERING 50%women 10% women
DIFFICULT TO CLIMB THE HIERARCHY.. Percentage of Women in… Government Research InstitutesUniversities 36% Research Associate 30% Associate Professor 21% Research Director 7% Professor 6% Research Director 4,5% President of (top of the ladder) University (source CNRS)
The French Academy of Sciences, the Ultimate Goal... Only 3,6% are Women ! Catherine Bréchignac, Yvonne Choquet, Pascale Cossart, Nicole le Douarin, Marianne Grûnberg Manago......
WHO DECIDES ? 30% WOMEN IN NATIONAL COMMITTEES Source : CNRS
WOMEN’S CARRIER IN SCIENCE IN GERMANY
SAME SITUATION ! Undergrad. Students PhD StudentsAssistant Prof.Professors
BACK TO FRANCE : WHY IS IT SO ? GENDER STEREOTYPES : » men at work women at home » • During education • In society generates self-censorship: scientific carriers seem unreachable ! • FAMILY LIFE • conciliation of professional and family life • less opportunities for international mobility
SOME SOLUTIONS… • AT SCHOOL, FIGHTING AGAINST COMMON STEREOTYPES IN TEXT BOOKS • MAKING SCIENCE MORE ATTRACTIVE • INTRODUCING MORE WOMEN SCIENTISTS TO THE PUBLIC : Marie Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie but the others? • ORGANIZING NETWORKS • REINFORCING SOLIDARITY TO PROMOTE WOMEN IN SCIENCE
EU DECISIONS AGAINST SEX DISCRIMINATION • GENDER MAINSTREAMING STRATEGY: EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OF WOMEN AND MEN IN SCIENCE • DEVELOPING CONCERTED ACTIONS BETWEEN EU MEMBERS : FP6 call • REINFORCING PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN EU PROGRAMS • CREATING AN EUROPEAN NETWORK OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE • DEVELOPING MORE POSSIBILITIES OF « WORKING FROM HOME »
BACK TO IMMUNOLOGY…. LET’S START TO WORK AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL.
SOME ACTIONS IN EUROPEAN IMMUNOLOGY • MAKING SCIENCE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO PUBLIC : « Public Awareness of Immunology » organized by the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) • INTRODUCING MORE WOMEN SCIENTISTS TO THE PUBLIC: women speaker’s list (AAI CSOW) • ORGANIZING NETWORKS: -FP6 call -Organize a «Women in Immunology » session in the next European meeting : ECI-2006
FINDING VOLUNTEERS FOR ECI-2006 "Women in Immunology" SESSION CONTACT mehrra@repertoire.os.biu.ac.il