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Delve into statistics on women in science across European countries, revealing gender imbalances and challenges women researchers face. Understand the implications and calls for more research on gender equality.
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The bees and the honey Looking behind the optimistic statistics Camilla Gidlöf Women and Science Unit, European Commission Enwise Valorisation Conference, Tallinn, 9 September 2004
R&D Statistics in the Enwise countries • ETAN-report and Helsinki Group of Women and Science identified the need for statistics on women's participation in science in Europe • Statistical Correspondents established in 2000 • Enwise countries involved in these two groups from the start • Statistics generally of good quality in Enwise countries
Percentage of women researchers Germany: 15% women researchers % women Latvia 52% Lithuania 47% Bulgaria 46% Portugal 44% Estonia 43% Romania 43% Greece 41% Slovak Republic (1) 40% Sweden 38% Poland 38% Slovenia 36% United Kingdom 35% Spain 35% Hungary 33% Belgium (3) 30% Luxembourg (2) 30% Ireland 29% Finland 28% Italy 27% Netherlands (1) 27% France 27% Czech Republic 27% Denmark 26% Austria 19% Germany (1) 15% gender balance 40-59% women Latvia: 52% women researchers gender imbalance 20-39% women Footnotes: (1) FTE as exception to HC: DE; IE (GOV + BES); NL (HES); SE (GOV); SK (2) Data provisional (3) Data not official major gender imbalance < 20 % women Reference year:2000 (EU-15) and 2001 (Enwise countries) Exceptions to reference years: EU-15: BE: 2001; DK (BES), DE (BES), EL, ES (BES), IE (GOV & BES), PT, SE (GOV): 1999; AT: 1998 Data missing: BE, NL (GOV & BES missing); LU, SE, UK (BES missing).
Women researchers in the Enwise countries plus France, Finland & Portugal in 2001 (HC)
R&D expenditure per capita researcher by field of science, Euros per annum, HES + GOV, 2000
R&D expenditure per capita researcher by field of science, Euros per annum, HES + GOV, 2000
R&D expenditure per capita researcher by field of science, Euros per annum, HES + GOV, 2000
R&D expenditure per capita researcher by sector, Euros per annum,2001
Percentage of women researchers (headcount) compared to R&D expenditure per capita researcher (women & men) per annum Reference year: EU-15: 2000, Enwise countries: 2001 Source: Eurostat S&T statistics, * FTE as exception to HC
Correlation between Honeypot scores by sector and Gross expenditure on R&D per capita Researcher, 2001
Gender Pay Gap Lithuania: Monthly Gross Earnings 2001 Slovak Republic: Women´s salaries as a percentage of men´s salaries
Particular characteristics of the context of R&D in Enwise countries that can be seen in the statistics • Higher representation of women among researchers than EU-15 • Slightly higher participation of women in the labour force than in EU-15 • Much higher proportions of women among Professionals (ISCO-2 ) than EU-15 • Apart from Poland, Hungary and Romania populations, labour forces and research populations relatively small • R&D expenditure in absolute terms and per capita researcher far lower than in EU-15 in all countries except Slovenia
What did we learn? • Higher representation of women does not necessarily mean less inequality • Unequal access for women researchers to R&D funds • Need more information on gender pay gap “OK ladies! Now those who vote for the future should raise their hands!” Source: Lendvai, Ildikó (2002). ’Women on the stage and in the audience of politics’, Népszabdság, 01.02.2002, Budapest