Gender Equality Barriers in Agriculture and Life Sciences in Central European Universities
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F25%3A106179" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/25:106179 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.17645/si.10086" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.17645/si.10086</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.10086" target="_blank" >10.17645/si.10086</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Gender Equality Barriers in Agriculture and Life Sciences in Central European Universities
Original language description
The European Union aims to foster research excellence, among others, by increasing gender equality (GE) in the European research area. The mandatory introduction of gender equality plans (GEP) mobilised universities to assess, target, and monitor GE in different fields of science. A wide range of barriers have been explored in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), characterised by the low participation of women. However, significant obstacles to GE can emerge in relatively more gender-balanced and, therefore, rarely studied fields, such as agriculture and life sciences (ALS). Experiences can differ in Central and Eastern European countries, characterised by rather traditional gender and family norms. This study explores different stakeholders' perceptions of the main barriers of GE, with particular attention to ALS. We conducted nine focus groups (82 participants in total) with middle management, academic staff, and students from Czech, Hungarian, and Slovenian universities, aiming to contribute to the revision of their first GEP. Discussions were centred on recruitment, leadership positions, work-life balance, gender-based violence, sexual harassment, organisational culture, integrating the gender dimension into research and teaching, and institutionalisation of GEPs. Findings revealed that women in ALS face partly similar gender-based obstacles to their counterparts in less gender-balanced fields-perceptions of education and career choices, work-life imbalance, and exclusion by recruitment and promotion practices-and also additional ALS-related challenges of laboratory and fieldwork. Findings highlight the need for institutions to carefully address these areas in their state-of-the-art assessments and develop sector-specific, tailor-made GEPs.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Social Inclusion
ISSN
2183-2803
e-ISSN
2183-2803
Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2025
Country of publishing house
PT - PORTUGAL
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
001591059200016
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105019504135