Reducing gender inequalities
The University's new roadmap to address the challenges of gender inequalities from now and for the next five years was presented in March 2020. It is the Gender Equality Plan 2020-2025, which was created with a participatory approach with numerous groups from across the University's and revolves around the following eight guiding principles:
1
Gender mainstreaming
Integrating the gender perspective in all the University's fields and processes, with a particular focus on how gender creates situations of inequality, designing actions tailored to this perspective and eliminating discrimination.
2
Transforming knowledge
Generating and transmitting non-androcentric knowledge that promotes equality and does not result in inequalities. This includes designing the contents of courses, degrees, research projects and classroom work.
3
Non-discrimination
Identifying, preventing and redressing any discrimination based on sex, gender identity or sexual orientation in any context of the University.
4
Equality
Giving everyone equal opportunities and putting in place measures to ensure the effectiveness of that equality; i.e. to make sure it is sustainable and transformative.
5
Care perspective
Integrating the care perspective at the University; in other words, considering and highlighting the actions required for reproduction, traditionally attributed to women, who have been made invisible and excluded from the job market.
6
Recognition of diversity
Viewing difference as wealth, and encouraging the use of types of language and narratives that challenge the full complexity of social reality so that everyone can feel represented.
7
Feminism
Defending equal rights and freedoms for all people, regardless of gender.
8
Continuous improvement
Collecting data to establish how the plan is progressing and identify where improvements need to be made so we can continue moving towards gender equality in every area.
Actions and projects Based on these principles, the University works on around fifty actions, such as the project to include a gender perspective in all education programmes, the project to promote gender equality in entrepreneurship 78
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promotion programmes, a specific gender perspective education plan for all University staff members, a project to foster a prominent role as active agents of change for female scientists in traditionally male-dominated fields,
or social mentoring and volunteering projects in the field of technology to give girls more competencies in traditionally male-dominated fields.
