DUBLIN, August 20 (Xinhua) – Only 24 percent of professors in Ireland are women, said a senior Irish official on Monday.
The figure was unveiled by the Irish Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O & # 39; Connor at a European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education, which was opened here at Trinity College in Dublin.
Improvements in gender equality in the Irish higher education sector in recent years were "marginal", the minister told about 400 deputies from the conference coming from Ireland and other parts of Europe.
"There is still a significant lack of representation of women in key decision-making bodies in the institutions and at higher levels of academic staff," she said, adding that institutions must recognize the extent of gender inequality in their organizations and take responsibility for implementation. change.
"They must ensure that obstacles to gender equality are permanently removed", said the minister.
The Monday conference is the tenth edition of its kind. The biennial event was first organized by Finland in 1998. It is the first time that the conference is held in Ireland.
During the three-day meeting, participants will address challenges related to gender equality issues in higher education through plenary and parallel discussions. Topics of the discussions include bias-free professorial appointments and improving research and innovation through gender diversity.
Source link