The ICN2 hosted the III Event on Gender Equality of the SOMM alliance. It was an interactive and exciting event. We invite it to explore it and refelct on diversity with us!

The event started with an introduction by ICREA Prof. Jose A. Garrido, Vice-Director of the ICN2.

Dr. Neus Bastús, CSIC Tenured Scientist at the ICN2 Inorganic Nanoparticles and chair of the ICN2 Equal opportunities Committee, presented the ICN2 approach to gender equality.
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Núria Benítez, ICN2 Strategy Development officer, acted as event presenter after coordinarting the celebration together with the ICN2 Marketing and Communication Department.

The event presentation was followed by a keynote speech by Jakob Feldtfos Christensen, Founder and the director of Diversiunity.
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With a long track record in research management and research support, Jakob Feldtfos Christensen founded DIVERSIunity as a tool to give everybody the space to be themselves and bring their perspective to the table. The workshops, consultancy services and courses offered by this initiative aim to give a richer look at the world and research. The speaker’s work is personally based on his experiences as an openly gay man and from working in international research environments and living abroad for long periods of time.

The keynote speech was followed by three parallel discussion panels covering: The effective communication of gender plans and actions; Using gender plans to effectively improve gender equality; and Mentoring programmes. The event participants actively took part in these discussions and during the event wrap up the main discussion topics were shared.
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The effective communication of gender plans and actions
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Using gender plans to effectively improve gender equality
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Mentoring programmes
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The Severo Ochoa - María de Maeztu alliance (SOMMa) gathers all Severo Ochoa Centres and María de Maeztu Units to promote Spanish Excellence in research and to enhance its social impact at national and international levels. Among its many action lines, gender equality is a challenge tackled in a transversal way through various actions led by the alliance and the involved centres. The Event on Gender Equality has become a central meeting point to exchange experiences and challenges as well as ongoing and future actions. The ICN2 hosted its third edition that was held on Friday 17 June 2022.

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ICN2 WiS: [ Ссылка ]

Previous editions pof the event:
SOMMa 2nd meeting on gender equality policy:
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SOMMa 1st meeting on gender equality policy:
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On previous editions of the event the well-known small representation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career (STEM) was discussed. This under-representation concentrates particularly in the scientific fields with a higher mathematic load: geosciences, engineering, economy, maths themselves, computation sciences and physical sciences. The joint effort of the research institutions awarded with the highest excellence recognition conceded in Spain is a promising line of work to make a real change possible.

Let's keep working together for a more diverse scientific environment!

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