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Equality in Science

Equalization means equality and equal opportunities for every member of a group and concerns - like diversity or inclusion - everyone.

In reality every concept has a focus. The central theme of Equalization is gender and gender ratios.

Why Equality?

This is a question of justice. An existend gender diversity proves to be performance-enhancing: Equality leads to more and better resulzs (more   ). Not only women profit from equality - evryone does (more   ). This of course counts for science too.

In Germany there is equality in pension but there is still a long way to go to reach equality in opportunities. At MLU, women in higher positions and boards are underrepresanted. Gender ratios are in many fields not representative (more). But equality is not only meassured in numbers. It is about creation and keeping a working, teaching and lerning anvironment where everyone is equally welcomed and can feel safe. In the context of science equality is also about the promotion of gender reasearch.

Gender policy is therefore necessary. Furthermore it is legally obligatory. in Art.3 Abs. 2 GG for example, there is written that the state has to promote the implemention of equality of men and women and works for the elimination of existing disadvantages. Or in § 3 Abs. 3 HSG LSA: Universities work for the implemention of the equality of all sexes.

Gender policy in the context of science includes a spectrum of activities and is divided into following areas:

• Support for / Empowering of FINTA perosns (women, inter-, nonbinary, trans, a gender persons)
• meassurements which are targeted on structural and cultural change (Gendermainstreaming, Antidiscrimination)
• Promotion of gender in research and teaching

Continuative

General Introduction

• Views for a gend   er equally university policy    (bukof, 2020)
• gender 2020 - On the way to a gender equally university and science culture   
• Facing Unconscious Bias in science   
• research    projekt „Gendered University“   

Networks

• National conference of Women- and Equal Opportunities Officers at universities e.V.    (bukof)
• Conference of Equal Opportunities Officers of Universities and Medical Centers in Saxony-Anhalt    (lakog)
• Conferences of every federal state    
• FEMPOWER Network Saxony-Anhalt   
• Coordination Site Gender Research and Equal Opportunities Saxony-Anhalt    (KGC)
• Coordination Site of other federal states: Th   uringia, Sa   xony
• Conference of Facilities for women and gender studies in german-languaged territory    (KEG)
• Network Women and Gender Studies NRW   
• Federal Women  Department   
• Conference of Equal Opportunities and Women ministers and senators of the federal states (changing hosts, lastly: 31. GFMK MV)   
  

Organisations, Topics

• Competence Center Women in Scince and Research    (CEWS)
  Especially: Topic and Project Sites | Research Data, Literature and Statistics | femconsult (female scientists data bank), Equality Law
• Science Department - Staff and Equality   
• Collective Science Conference - Equal opportunities in Science and Research   
• DFG - Equal Opportunities   
• National Department of Eduacation and Research - Equal Opportunities and Diversity in the Science Systeme    and National Department of Family, Seniors, Women and Youth - Eqaulity   
• Federal Department of Justice and Equality - Coordinating Office for Women and Equality Policy    and Federal Department of Economy, Science and Digitalization   
• EU-Commission - Gender equality in research and innovation   , European Research Council - Working group on Gender Issues   
• European Institute for Gender Equality    (EIGE)
• UNESCO - Women in Science   
• Research and Teaching - Equality   

Statistics, Reports

• Gender specific statistics in Science   , CEWS
• Research Data Gender and Science - Intersectional approaches   
• Data material about women at universities and out-of-university resaerch facilities   , GWK
• Equal Opportunities monitor   , DFG
• National Report Young Academics    (BuWiN)
• Statistical Federal Office   
• IAB   
• WSI   , especially GenderDataPortal   
• Equality Reports of federal gouvernment: First    (2011), Second    (2017), Third    (2021)
• Statistics about women in european science    (She Figures, Monitoring, Eurostat)

Tools

• Plans for Equality - Evaluation & Monitoring Tutorials    (Project GEECCO)
• Standards,  Codes of Practice and Protection of Quality for Meassurements for Implemention of Gender Equality in Science    (StaRQ)
• Eqaulity in working life: Equal treatment check, National Anti Discrimination Office
• Gender Equality in Academia and Research (GEAR) tool   
• Equal Tools - 40 meassurements for equal opportunities at university   

Finds

• Podcast: LAP GAP - Frauen in der Wissenschaft   
• Dossier: Zeitgeschichte online - Frauen* in der Wissenschaft   
• Film: Picture a scientist – Frauen in der Wissenschaft   
• Podcast: Whose Rights, Which Rights?   
• Podcast: Gleichheitszeichen - Geschichten aus der Wissenschaft   
• Docu: Wo sind die Frauen in der Wissenschaft?   

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