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“... increasing women’s participation in the labour market, and in higher paid roles, could be worth between £15bn and £23bn a year to the UK economy.” Ruth Kelly, Minister for Women, 2007 "The ‘women and ICT’ issue is not a ‘women’s issue’ - it is society’s issue" Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director and co-founder, Portia Ltd, Speech at the Information Society Directorate General, European Commission, Brussels, 3 March 2009
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LATEST NEWS: We have launched our latest FP7 project, genSET. Our focus is gender equality in SET, addressing the severe underrepresentation of women in SET, especially at higher levels. By SET we mean Science, Engineering and Technology including maths and all associated areas, with a particular reference to Information Technology. We work in partnership with stakeholders to deliver interventions at individual, organisational, institutional and policy levels. Our work is national and international, having delivered projects in partnership with UK bodies and through the European Commission's Equal Programme and the 7th Framework Programme. Some of our areas of interest include: equality and diversity; promoting SET to young people, in particular girls; the barriers to women returning to SET after a career break; recruitment, retention and progression of women in SET; and gender in SET research and innovation. We work with all relevant organisations and individuals who share these interests, if you or your organisation would like to explore ways of work together please CONTACT US
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Meeting of European science leaders on the gender dimension in science ‘How can European Science benefit from taking integrated action on gender’ 10 May 2010 14 leading science leaders from around Europe will meet in Paris to continue discussion on the gender dimension in science. The meeting follows on the deliberations that have taken place at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London on 25-26th March and in Berlin on 29-30th April. Among the issues they will address is the persistent concern of how to remove gender inequalities and biases in recruitment, retention, and advancement of men and women; how to ensure fairness and prevent gender bias in assessment of scientists’ work; how to make research process sensitive to factors related to gender and sex; and how to make sure that science knowledge-making and the science value system recognises when claims to knowledge are based on wrong assumptions about the nature and role of gender and sex. read more and Portia's other NEWS |
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Kidzone Website launched by Hackney Pupils |
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Portia promotes European Code of Best Practice for Women in ICT |
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