Gender Equality in Engineering: An Institutional Reflection

IF 2.1 4区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.1109/MTS.2024.3350768

Jeremy Pitt;Kate Highnam

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The Athena Swan Charter is a globally applied framework for fostering and maintaining gender equality within higher education (HE) and research. The original aims of the charter (2005–2015) were to acknowledge commitments to, encourage initiatives for, and recognize achievements in advancing women’s careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) subjects. The charter has evolved and in 2015, Athena Swan was extended to recognize commitment to gender equality across all disciplines, professional and support staff, as well as intersections of gender and race, and trans inclusion. In 2021, following an independent review, the transformed Charter was launched including a commitment to transform gender equality for all gender identities, academic disciplines, and in professional, technical and operational (PTO) directorates. Consequently, criteria for the award of a Charter Mark include recognition of and plans for addressing priority issues, progress toward and success in achieving and transforming gender equality, and, at the highest level of award, contributions to best practice and supporting others.

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工程学中的性别平等：机构反思

雅典娜-天鹅宪章》是一个全球适用的框架，旨在促进和维护高等教育（HE）和研究领域的性别平等。该宪章（2005-2015 年）的最初目的是认可在促进女性在科学、技术、工程、数学和医学（STEMM）学科的职业发展方面所做的承诺、鼓励采取的举措和取得的成就。2015 年，雅典娜-天鹅计划扩展到认可所有学科、专业人员和辅助人员对性别平等的承诺，以及性别与种族的交叉和跨性别包容。2021 年，在经过独立审查后，推出了改革后的《宪章》，其中包括对所有性别身份、学科以及专业、技术和业务部门（PTO）性别平等的改革承诺。因此，授予《宪章》标志的标准包括对解决优先问题的认可和计划、在实现和转变性别平等方面取得的进展和成功，以及最高级别的奖励，即对最佳实践的贡献和对他人的支持。

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IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

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