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ProgrammesRecently the Commission published the 2021 edition of the She Figures report. This tri-annual report presents data on the state of gender equality in research and innovation in Europe.
This years edition shows that while the amount of women graduates has increased over the last couple years, women are still underrepresented in research and innovation. Women only represent one third of researchers (33% in the EU, 35% in Belgium). The data on inventorships, in the EU as well as in Belgium, shows that women hold one inventorship for every 10 inventorships held by men. The under-representation of women in senior academic and decision making positions in the EU also continues to be a significant issue. Furthermore, the report presents data on the integration of a gender dimension in Horizon 2020 projects. EU-wide 1.7% of projects integrated gender, at the country level for Belgium this was 1.3%.
For this year’s edition there are several new elements:
More information can be found in the She Figures 2021 report or on the interactive webpage.
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