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Gender Equality in Higher Educations Institutions

Portugal · unspecified · National · See the Portugal profile

The GE-HEI project (Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions) is a project funded by the Gender Conciliation and Equality Program of the EEA Grants 2014-2021. It aims to promote gender equality in higher education institutions in Portugal, by developing and implementing p

~25 %
Top academic career positions held by women
<33 %
Leadership positions in teaching/research institutions held by women
Gender Equality in Higher Educations Institutions Gender Equality in Higher Educations Institutions Gender Equality in Higher Educations Institutions

Details

Promoter
DGES- Direção-Geral de Ensino Superior — website
Power domain
Social Power
Methods / tools
Competence development, Awareness-raising, Monitoring
Keywords
gender equality, organizational practices, cultural practices, higher education, academia

Context

The GE-HEI (Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions) project, funded by the EEA Grants 2014-2021 Gender Conciliation and Equality Programme, develops a national framework and gender-mainstreaming initiatives to raise awareness and support women's academic careers in Portugal.

Results

Published project results found that despite women being the majority of students and near-parity in faculty composition, only about a quarter of top career positions and less than a third of leadership positions in teaching/research institutions are held by women.

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