“Closing the gender gap. Creating a community”

Andreea Sofronea & Elvys Sandu

HUMANS Anticafe

4 Septembrie, 2021

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10:00-10:15 // We know each other

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10:15-10:35 // About REDU, Shemakes and today's meeting

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10:35-11:00 // Warm up

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11:00-11:15 // "Public perception regarding gender gap"

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11:15-12:15 // Discussion and experiences

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12:15-12:50 // GEP - Gender Equality Plan

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12:50-14:00 // Reflections,conclusions & networking

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“REDUcing the gender gap. Creating a community”

AGENDA

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• Social enterprise, founded in 2015
• Creates new products from pre-consumer and post-consumer textile waste
• Raises awareness and advocates for the environmental and social costs of fast-fashion
• Member of the Clean Clothes Campaign through Mai bine NGO
• Partner in 3 European Horizon 2020 research and innovation projects - new materials, transparency, traceability, gender gap

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About REDU

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About shemakes

Empowering future women innovators

in the sustainable fashion industry through

• inspiration
• skills
• networking

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Goal

The purpose of our meeting

Engaging the local community to bridge the gender gap, particularly in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and Textile Industry.

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In each round you will find the question and answers to choose from. Don't worry, if none of the answers suit you, just choose "other" and add to the frame!

6 questions that each of us will answer by placing ourselves in one of the 6 areas of this star

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If you have any doubts/problems about the questions, please add a post it

STAR EXERCISE

Do you think that in our country girls and women are treated equally to boys and men?

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• Definitely yes
• Yes
• Don't know / No opinion
• No
• Definitely no
• Other/I refrain

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How much do you think gender is a social construct vs. a biological characteristic?

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• 100% vs 0%
• 75% vs 25%
• 50% vs 50%
• 25% vs 75%
• 0% vs 100%
• Other/I refrain

What kind of problems did you face because of gender?

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• Lower salary
• Intimidating, threatening or physically abusive behaviour
• Behaviour that denigrates, ridicules or humiliates a person
• Sexual harassment
• Less chance of promotion
• Other/ I refrain

How frequently have you heard such statements about women?

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"Women are better at raising children"

How frequently have you heard such statements about women?

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"Men are stronger than girls/women"

How frequently have you heard such statements about women?

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"Men should provide money in the house"

How frequently have you heard such statements about women?

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Questionnaire on identifying the general perception/opinion regarding gender gap in STEM / Textile & Clothing Industry

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Questionnaire on identifying the general perception/opinion regarding gender gap in STEM / Textile & Clothing Industry

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➤ Sample size: 537 Romanian respondents;

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➤ Data collection period: 16 June - 4 July 2021;

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➤ Data collection method: self-administered online questionnaire distributed on social media platforms and other online networks.

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Questionnaire on identifying the general perception/opinion regarding gender gap in STEM/Textile & Clothing Industry

Why?

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• 44% of Europeans believe that a woman's primary role is to take care of her home and family;

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• The share of men working in the digital sector is 3,1 times higher than for women;

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• Only 22% of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) programmers are women;

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• The gender pay gap in the EU is 15.7%;

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Questionnaire on identifying the general perception/opinion regarding gender gap in STEM/Textile & Clothing Industry

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• Women in the EU spend 22 hours a week caring and performing domestic tasks, while men spend only 9 hours

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• Among high achievers in maths or science in OECD countries, 1 din 4 boys plan to have a career as an engineer or research scientist, compared to 1 din 6 girls;

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• The gender gap in retirement pensions in the EU is 30.1%;

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Questionnaire on identifying the general perception/opinion regarding gender gap in STEM/Textile & Clothing Industry

Why?

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• Romania has a very small gap (less 1,2 p. p.) between men and women in the distribution of R&D personnel in the business enterprise sector by occupation;

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• Although the proportion of female researchers has increased in engineering and technology in 29 countries, only in Romania has this increase led to a gender-balanced researcher population (43 %);

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• Romania ranks 26th in the EU with a score of 54,4 p.p, ahead of Greece and Hungary;

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Findings of the questionnaire

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47% of survey participants have experienced gender inequality at least once, while about 1 in 5 (19%) are not sure if they have.

The percentage of females who have experienced gender inequality at least once is almost double that of males (53% vs. 27%).

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Most forms of inequality have been experienced by more women than men.

28% of respondents believe that girls/women are treated equally to boys/men in Romania, while 65% have the opposite opinion.

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Findings of the questionnaire

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45% of the participants in the study mentioned that they very often and frequently encountered the statement that women are not attracted/not good in certain scientific fields because there are biological/neuronal differences between women and men.

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The main forms of gender inequality experienced are:

demeaning behaviour (68%)

sexual harassment (46%)

bullying behaviour (45%)

A third of those who experienced gender inequality said it manifested itself in fewer opportunities for promotion, while 23% in lower pay.

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Discussion and experiences

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Based on the topics discussed, think of times/experiences when you felt supported/hindered in your work?

You can start from something that happened and extract (moment/story). What was the effect on you? What did the situation show/teach you? Did you adapt your behaviour?

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Using post-it notes, summarise the characteristics that made you feel supported or hindered. Add them to the board.

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When talking about a personal experience, don't use names, try to focus on:

- No names, no personalisation, no judgements, no rights or wrongs.

- The concrete/abstract action - which has empowered or hindered you

- Context (familiar/unfamiliar/new/comfortable)

- Your feeling - not someone else's, or why they may or may not have it

- Happening during - training/learning, work, personal life, in public/social environment (personal/public are less important to shemakes)

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Guidelines for the discussion

Gender Equality Plan

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Minimum process requirements (building blocks) for a GEP:

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Publication: an official document published on the institution's website and signed by the top management.

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Dedicated resources: hiring/training human resources and gender expertise for implementation.

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Data collection and monitoring: gender-disaggregated data on staff (and pupils for the units concerned) and annual reporting based on indicators.

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Training: Awareness raising/training on gender equality and unconscious gender bias for staff and decision makers.

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Content - areas recommended to be covered and addressed by actions and targets

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• work-life balance and organisational culture

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• gender balance in leadership and decision-making;

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• gender equality in recruitment and career development;

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integrating the gender dimension into the research and teaching content;

* measures against gender-based violence, including sexual harassment.

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A gender equality plan can be divided into different stages or phases:

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• Analysis - where gender-disaggregated data is collected; procedures, processes and practices are critically evaluated to detect gender inequalities and gender bias;

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• Planning - in which objectives are defined, targets are set, actions and measures to remedy identified problems are decided, resources and responsibilities are assigned and deadlines are agreed;

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• Implementation - where activities are implemented and outreach efforts are undertaken among personnel;

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• Monitoring, where process and progress are tracked and evaluated on a regular basis. Findings from monitoring allow interventions to be adjusted and improved so that their results are optimised.

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Comparison

Chestionar

Noi

"Women are better at raising children."

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Comparison

Questionnaire

“Men are stronger than girls/women.”

Community

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Comparație

Chestionar

"Men should provide the money in the house."

Community

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Thank you!

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This project has received funding from the �European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation�programme under grant agreement No 101006203.