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GenPORT: Your gateway to gender and science resources

EIGE consultation meeting of representatives of online platforms on gender

mainstreaming/gender equality

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GenPORT is a developing online community of

practitioners, served by an internet portal and made up of organisations and individuals

working across the globe for gender equality and excellence in science,technology or innovation.

This covers all sciences – natural and socialsciences, and humanities.

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FP7 Science in Society Coordinating and Support Action

Runs 2013 - 2017

Coordinated by

Juliet WebsterJörg Müller

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Consortium Partners

UKElizabeth Pollitzer, Henrietta Dale

ItalyManualita Mancini, Barbara de Micheli, Maria Caprile, Rachel Palmen

SlovakiaAlejandra Bitusikova

SwedenLiisa Husu, Jeff Hearn

GermanyAnke Lipinsky, Nina Steinweg, Laura Getz

Project Stages & Progress

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Some Challenges

Technical dev ok: implemented all planned features on time (Drupal)

User needs assessment: slow and labor intensive

Quality management of resources

What are our most promising target audience(s)?

Low budget for content curation

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How to reach out?

Dedicated conferences and workshops

Consortium based, individual contacts & networks

Virtual engagement activities

Gender & Sciene Taxonomy

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Situating GenPORT - Stakeholders

Scientists & ReseachersHorizon2020 proposal writing

Policy MakersEvidence based policy (evaluations)

General publicAwareness raising (also dependent upon country cluster)

Gender EqualityBest practice, exchange of experience, overcoming resistance

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EC Initiatives

National portals

Statistics, monitoring

Organizations & Assoc.

Thematics portals

How to fit in?

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GenPORT Added Value

Improve exchange of data between similar thematic sites

Provide comparative view between national experiences

Both cases: Need for shared meta-data language, Gender and Science Taxonomy

Provide a structured approach to “issues” and associated knowledge

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G&S Taxonomy Validation

Overview of meta-data scheme: http://www.genderportal.eu/genport-classification-framework

Validation http://www.genderportal.eu/classification-framework-validation

Classification testinghttp://www.genderportal.eu/card-sorting-exercise

Thank you!

Get in touch: Web: http://www.genderportal.euTwitter: @genderportal

Project Coordinator: Juliet Webster jwebster@uoc.edu

Project Manager: Jörg Müller jmuller@uoc.edu

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