CORDIS focus 18 May 1998. NUMBER 110

Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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ISSN 1022-6559 18 May 1998 The contents of this bulletin are based on RTD-News, updated every day, and other CORDIS databases WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH Developing their position More than 300 people - the vast majority of them women - participated in the Women and Science conference held in Brussels on 28 and 29 April 1998. The event, which was jointly organized by the European Commission and European Parliament, aimed to look at the factors discouraging women from taking on a career in science, and restricting the progress of those that do, as well as discussing measures to improve women's position in European science. Whilst the participants were all agreed that women are under- Quistoudt-Rowohl, a Christian Democrat, for so long as represented in the scientific community in Europe, many rea­ the EU's research programmes are based on the criterion sons for this were put forward and differing viewpoints on meas­ of scientific excellence, logically gender plays no part. For ures to rectify the situation were in evidence. Whilst some her, women must demonstrate that they can meet these favour the targeting of public funding on research conducted excellence criteria in their own right.

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• Marketing et communication

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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