Gender Equality Plan
6
Gender inclusive institutional culture
Objective
To embed gender equality as a key and cross-cutting principle of the organization and consolidate an institutional culture that is sensitive to gender equality and intolerant to discrimination based on gender.
Training on the inclusion of gender dimension within the ICM
Measure 6.1
The training allows the acquisition of new skills and knowledge, and favours adaptation and retraining in a changed environment. A general understanding about gender issues must be created and shared in order to achieve institutional change aligned with gender equality. All staff should go through an induction process, which would make them feel familiar with gender related policies and services.
The development of gender competence aims at improving the staff’s knowledge and skills to deal with gender equality issues. With this objective, it is necessary a tailor-made training for the different target audiences, taking into account their requirements. The objective of these actions is to acquire necessary and useful practical skills to guarantee the application of the principle of equality and non-discrimination, as well as to foster gender mainstreaming in the different areas of work.
Main actions:
- To develop a diagnosis of the training requirements of ICM staff in gender issues.
- To prepare a training proposal that responds to the training requirements of specific groups.
- To identify available courses (CSIC or other institutions) that fulfill the training requirements of the ICM.
- To develop internal gender-related training courses and content at ICM.
- To evaluate the training provided and monitor the use of the new skills acquired.
Increasing gender awareness: making women researchers visible
Measure 6.2
Increasing the visibility and recognition of women working in science at the ICM and contributing to eliminate stereotyped images of women and science is a primary goal. It is crucial to break the male-science binomial and to position women, on an equal basis, as referents of scientific research in the public sphere and the collective culture.
The above goal is emphasized by the fact that the inclusion of the gender dimension in research increases the social relevance of the resulting knowledge, technologies and innovations.
Main actions:
- To impulse an initiative to reassess the concept of excellence of the ICM from a gender perspective (discussion sessions with key stakeholders).
- To establish gender-balance criteria to increase the presence of ICM’s women researchers and technicians in the different internal or external events.
- To make visible the contribution of women researchers and technicians at ICM using different media and communication tools.
- To develop and communicate contents related to gender and research and to disseminate achievements made by ICM’s women researchers.
- To promote the inclusion of women researchers and technicians at ICM or of the Equality Task Force, in networks of women researchers that contribute to national and international visibility (e.g., the network of Equality Commissions of the CSIC, EU ACT project, SOMMA-Severo Ochoa centres, etc.).
- To carry out visibility and recognition actions for women researchers at the ICM in the framework of significant dates such as 8th March, 25th November, Girls and Science Day, etc.
- To publish monthly articles on the ICM’s newsletter for the dissemination of GEP measures and its scope, and about gender issues in science research.
