Equity, DIversity & inclusion

Fostering equity in academia

We are aware of female underrepresentation: generally, in the field (below 25% within STEM for post-PhD level, as per UNESCO’s latest global figures in their 2022-2023 Gender Equality report) and particularly, in our research group (28%). Beyond social justice, we acknowledge the demonstrated positive effect of diversity in fostering original breakthroughs to long-standing scientific problems. We are firmly committed to creating an egalitarian research atmosphere and to promoting our group with views on the future inclusion of more female researchers

• Saskia Demulder and Verónica Errasti Díez are co-editors of the genHET newsletter 

See here for the current and past issues: https://genhet.web.cern.ch/content/newsletter 

• Saskia Demulder and Verónica Errasti Díez are mentors in the Minerva Femmenet mentoring program for female scientists at the Max Planck Society

See here for more information on the network: https://www.minerva-femmenet.mpg.de 

Valuable information resources:

• Towards gender equality in scientific organizations: assessment and recommendations: International Science Council Report from 2026.

• Gender equality and research: UNESCO Science Report from 2021.

• Gender equality and education: UNESCO Report from 2017.

• Mujeres con ciencia: Spain-based blog.

Relevant international women networks:

• AWM: Association for Women in Mathematics. 

• CWM: Comittee for Women in Mathematics, IMU.  

• GENHET : Gender in High Energy Physics.