Co-creating Gender Equality in Czech Academia: External and Internal Factors
In the Czech Republic, gender equality in public higher education and research has been championed for over twenty years by the Centre for Gender and Science at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Nevertheless, concrete policies and measures have been slow in coming and they have always required protract...
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| author | Marcela Linková Gabriela Langhammerová Zuzana Andreska Eva Oliva |
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| description | In the Czech Republic, gender equality in public higher education and research has been championed for over twenty years by the Centre for Gender and Science at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Nevertheless, concrete policies and measures have been slow in coming and they have always required protracted negotiations with the relevant stakeholders at the national level. In the past two years, the situation has changed significantly due to both external and internal circumstances. Externally, the introduction of gender equality plans as an eligibility criterion in Horizon Europe has had a major impact at the level of higher education and research institutions, creating demand for capacity-building support from the Centre as well as new opportunities for the work of institutional change agents. Internally, student initiatives and mobilisations have started addressing the issue of gender-based violence in higher education and research, making power a central issue. This essay will consider these two developments in the wider context of work at the national level to advance gender equality in higher education and research. It will examine the productive ways in which diverse types of stakeholders can be mobilised to push for change. In conclusion, it will emphasise the need to address issues of care (including self-care) in order to support gender equality efforts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2cbb3b5a236943489245e3fdaf7646102023-12-13T09:44:28ZengUniversity of BolognaSociologica1971-88532023-12-01172597210.6092/issn.1971-8853/1691515273Co-creating Gender Equality in Czech Academia: External and Internal FactorsMarcela Linková0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3982-6980Gabriela Langhammerová1https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5299-802XZuzana Andreska2https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4930-4925Eva Oliva3https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0531-5100Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of SciencesInstitute of Sociology, Czech Academy of SciencesInstitute of Sociology, Czech Academy of SciencesInstitute of Sociology, Czech Academy of SciencesIn the Czech Republic, gender equality in public higher education and research has been championed for over twenty years by the Centre for Gender and Science at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Nevertheless, concrete policies and measures have been slow in coming and they have always required protracted negotiations with the relevant stakeholders at the national level. In the past two years, the situation has changed significantly due to both external and internal circumstances. Externally, the introduction of gender equality plans as an eligibility criterion in Horizon Europe has had a major impact at the level of higher education and research institutions, creating demand for capacity-building support from the Centre as well as new opportunities for the work of institutional change agents. Internally, student initiatives and mobilisations have started addressing the issue of gender-based violence in higher education and research, making power a central issue. This essay will consider these two developments in the wider context of work at the national level to advance gender equality in higher education and research. It will examine the productive ways in which diverse types of stakeholders can be mobilised to push for change. In conclusion, it will emphasise the need to address issues of care (including self-care) in order to support gender equality efforts.https://sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/16915czech republicgender equalitygender equality plansgender-based violenceco-creation |
| spellingShingle | Marcela Linková Gabriela Langhammerová Zuzana Andreska Eva Oliva Co-creating Gender Equality in Czech Academia: External and Internal Factors Sociologica czech republic gender equality gender equality plans gender-based violence co-creation |
| title | Co-creating Gender Equality in Czech Academia: External and Internal Factors |
| title_full | Co-creating Gender Equality in Czech Academia: External and Internal Factors |
| title_fullStr | Co-creating Gender Equality in Czech Academia: External and Internal Factors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Co-creating Gender Equality in Czech Academia: External and Internal Factors |
| title_short | Co-creating Gender Equality in Czech Academia: External and Internal Factors |
| title_sort | co creating gender equality in czech academia external and internal factors |
| topic | czech republic gender equality gender equality plans gender-based violence co-creation |
| url | https://sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/16915 |
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