[Equal] Fwd: Women and Science Headlines 14 - Please find here below the lates t developments and perspectives

[Christa Sonderegger]

Soeben ist der jüngste Newsletter der Women and Science Unit der EU 
Kommission in Brüssel eingegangen, welcher üer die neueste Entwicklung und 
Perspektiven informiert.

Mit besten Grüssen Christa Sonderegger

>Women and Science Headlines – 14 :
>Contact persons: <mailto:vera.fehnle at cec.eu.int>vera.fehnle at cec.eu.int – 
><mailto:lydie.ricaud at cec.eu.int>lydie.ricaud at cec.eu.int
>RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:
>Women and Science Call for Proposals 2004
>In line with the Science and Society work programme for this year, a call 
>for proposals in the field of Women and Science was published on 30 April 
>2004, with a closure date of 30 September 2004. Proposals are invited in 
>four areas: supporting the empowerment of women scientists and engineers 
>and promoting public debate; ambassadors for women and science; developing 
>a better understanding of the gender issue in scientific research; and 
>practical tools for mainstreaming and monitoring gender equality. For full 
>details of the topics and instruments covered by this call, please consult 
>the Science and Society work programme and the call documents at: 
><http://www.cordis.lu/science-society/calls.htm>http://www.cordis.lu/science-society/calls.htm 
>or 
><http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/calls_en.cfm>http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/calls_en.cfm 
>
>
>PERSPECTIVES:
>Women & Science - Future events/conferences
>Women in Science on ARTE: On Tuesday 29 June 2004, a documentary entitled 
>"Femmes de tête" will be broadcast on ARTE television during a thematic 
>evening dedicated to the working and living conditions of European scientists.
>Gender session in ESOF 2004 : The Women and Science Unit organises a 
>gender session during the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF2004), that will be 
>held at Stockholm City Conference Center in Stockholm, Sweden, 25-28 
>August 2004. The gender session will take place on 28 August 2004, from 
>14.45 to 17.45, and will be divided in two thematic sub-sessions: "Is 
>there a gender bias in scientific excellence?" and “Are scientists 
>allowed to have children?”. For further information, please consult the 
>ESOF2004 programme at the following address: 
><http:www.esof2004.org/>http:www.esof2004.org/.
>“Enlarging Europe with/for women scientists” Conference, Tallinn, 
>September 9-10, 2004 – To widely debate the fact and findings of the 
>Enwise final report and to validate the recommendations put forward by the 
>Enwise Expert Group, a one and half day conference, gathering around 250 
>stakeholders from the 32 countries represented in the Helsinki Group on 
>Women and Science, will be organised in Estonia. Proceedings of the 
>conference will be published and posted on the Enwise webpages at the end 
>of the year.
>
>Women & Science - Publications
>Gender bias in the definition and the measurement of scientific 
>excellence: The proceedings of a one-and-half day workshop co-organised by 
>the Women and Science Unit, the Joint Research Centre of the European 
>Commission and the European University Institute and held in Florence in 
>October 2003 will be published in June 2004. Entitled "Gender and 
>excellence in the making", this report comprises a synthesis of the most 
>important factual elements and discussions from the workshop and the 
>expert's papers. To get a copy of the report, please write to 
><mailto:valerie.gobbe at cec.eu.int>valerie.gobbe at cec.eu.int
>Waste of talents: turning private struggles into a public issue: A glossy 
>PDF version of the final report delivered by the Enwise Expert Group to 
>Commissioner Busquin will soon be posted at: 
><http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/science-society/women/enwise/events_en.html>http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/science-society/women/enwise/events_en.html. 
>Printed copies of the report should be available during July. To order 
>copies, please e-mail: <mailto:lydie.ricaud at cec.eu.int>lydie.ricaud at cec.eu.int
>Statistics & indicators: A "Statistics in Focus" entitled "Women, science 
>and technology: Measuring recent progress towards gender equality" was 
>published by Eurostat on 26 May. It is downloadable in PDF in EN, FR and 
>DE from
><http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/science-society/women/wssi/publications_en.html>http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/science-society/women/wssi/publications_en.html
>This publication was produced collaboratively by Eurostat (Unit B5), the 
>Women and Science Unit and former Unit K3, DG Research.
>
>OTHER:
>Experts’ database: Women scientists are invited to register in DG 
>Research experts’ database :
><http://www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm>http://www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm
>Mailmas: a new information mailing toom: To be more informed on EU 
>Research activities and particularly on Women and Science, please use the 
>Mailmas application which allows us to send the latest news in a regular 
>way on any sectors in terms of Policies or Actions you are requesting. All 
>you have to do is register with your personal details and fields of 
>preference and we will contact you when there is something relevant to 
>report. Here is the Mailmas address: 
><http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/mailing_en.cfm>http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/mailing_en.cfm
>Personal information will not be shared without your agreement. You can 
>modify your selection at anytime it is necessary by yourself. If you are 
>already in the Women and Science Database, you still need to register 
>separately in Mailmas in order to receive information updates from DG 
>Research in this way. For further information on the use of Mailmas, 
>please contact: <mailto:lydie.ricaud at cec.eu.int>lydie.ricaud at cec.eu.int

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