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Mobile Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (m-WiSET)

Welcome to the MCFA Working Group dedicated to Women in Science!

Here you will find out what we are doing, how you can get involved in our activities and how you can help other Women interested in science.

 

Aims and objectives
 

The MCFA is committed to the promotion of women scientists and is sensitive to gender issues in science. To this regard, a "Women in Science" (WiS) working group has been established.

The WiS working group is active since the fall 2006 in order to promote mobility among the women scientists community, provide feedback from the European Community on policy issues regarding in particular mobility, and collaborate with other associations and organizations active in the same fields. More in general, to deal with women in science issues like for example glass ceilings and sticky floors: all terms to indicate the possible causes for the high gap existing between men and women scientists numbers at the top levels of public and private research institutions.

The main goal is to find ways to promote the participation and motivation of women with regard to science and therefore finding and analyzing reasons why women face problems or give up at the high levels of the science field.

Who are we?

Members of the group are presently:

  • Gianna Avellis (Group Coordinator)
  • Nusrat Jahan Mobassarah Sanghamitra (Group Coordinator)
  • Francesca Casini (Group Officer)
  • Raffaella Di Sante
  • Maria Antonietta Buccheri
  • Esperança Manuel
  • Anett Kiss
  • Maria Bostenaru Dan
  • Natalia Balcázar
  • Diana Garcia-Alonso

 If you would like to become a member of this group, please contact us.

 Activities

This year the m-WiSET WiS working group intends to investigate on the issue of Role Models inside MCFA, taking into account the relationship with glass ceiling issue, to publish a booklet of MC women Fellows, starting from the biography of Marie Curie herself. The aim of this booklet is to mention and promote the knowledge of the large heritage of scientific culture that women have built up during these years since the foundation of Marie Curie Fellows Association. Last but not least the aim is also to raise awareness especially in young researchers on the career paths that could be taken and see success stories encouragements for their current research. We welcome MC women Fellows to participate to the m-WiSET WiS working group and to send one page of their achievements of the current CV to be included in the booklet.

Future activity of the group include a detailed survey inside the MCFA regarding current and past working situation of the women fellows, working-life balance, career development. The group intends also to submit proposals in the 7th Framework Programme in order to support and enhance its future activity, in collaboration with associations working in the same field.

  •  Papers

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/istevent/2006/cf/document.cfm?doc_id=2709, presented at the Meeting  Science Policies Meet Reality , Prague December 2006.

....and coming soon....

  • Projects
  • Surveys

Links

Contact us

Email: mwiset[at]mcfa[dot]eu

Join the mailing list: woman[at]mariecurie[dot]org

    


What's new!

2011 Global Summit of Women
Istanbul, Turkey
May 5-7, 2011

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For more information please visit www.globewomen.org

2011 Conference & Award ITWIIN
Torino, Italy
June 14, 2011

The third edition of the conference and award of the italian women scientists association ITWIIN will be held in Torino on 14 June 2011 at the Centro Congressi Torino Incontra. The award (5000 euros) will be granted to the best italian women inventor and the best italian women innovator.
Deadline for application:
16 April 2011
For more information please visit www.itwiin.it



Woman of the Month!

Every month we will feature here a story of a Woman of the MCFA. Please send your stories to us!
 
 
New story coming soon!
 
 
 
 

 

 


Science Policy Working Panel (SPWP)


In view of the important developments and discussions related to the European Research Area (ERA) and the 7th Framework Program (FP7), a significant amount of work will be generated within the Science Policy Working Panel of the MCFA. This will include in particular:

 

  • Feedback on FP7 (and particularly on the PEOPLE Programme) to the Commission
  • Comments on ERA related documents
  • Comments on Research and Technological Development
  • Science Organization, but also structuring and distribution of funds in National States.
  • Other Science Policy issues ( training, mobility, equal opportunities, transferability of rights, etc), which are not a priori fixed but depend on the priorities and proposals that will arise from the members of the panel.

Members of SPWP are presently:

  • Diana Garcia-Alonso (Group Coordinator)
  • Federico Montesino Pouzols (Group Coordinator)
  • Malte Rehbein (Group Officer)
  • Gianna Avellis
  • Natalia Balcázar
  • Maria Bostenaru Dan
  • Maria Antonietta Buccheri
  • Eric Buchlin
  • Francesca Casini
  • Yegor Domanov
  • Rui Pinto Guimaraes
  • Anett Kiss
  • Guggi Kofod
  • Esperança Manuel
  • Erwan Lejeune
  • Nusrat Jahan Mobassarah Sanghamitra
  • Fernando Perez Cruz


Please read the EC Green Paper entitled "From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation funding"

You can also participate to the debate by filling the online questionnaire proposed by the EC.
The deadline for contributions is Friday 20 May 2011.

The SPWP will be working on the analysis of the Green paper in the following weeks.

Contact us

Email:science-policy[at]mcfa[dot]eu

Join the mailing list: mcfa-science-policy[at]mariecurie[dot]org

 

What's new!

"Consultation: Green Paper on a Common Strategic Framework for future EU Research and Innovation Funding" Participate to the online questionnaire!"
Deadline: 20 May 2011

Future Projects

Analysis and Comments on the Green Paper published by the EC: "From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation funding"

 

 


Past Actions

Participation of the MCFA on the consultation on  

MCFA Position paper on the EC Green Paper: "The European Research Area:
New Perspectives"