GENERA Fields of Action
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| Field of Action | Subfield of Action | Examples |
| Structural Integration of Gender Equality | Policies | * Gender Equality Plan * mission statement for gender equality |
| Monitoring | * regular evaluation of policies/gender * employee surveys/statistics |
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| Sustainability | * long-term planning * continuation of efforts when specific goals are reached |
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| Composition & Integration | * sex-equal composition of all bodies (boards, teams, committees, …) * introducing gender quotas |
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| Engaging Leadership | Leadership Accountability | * leadership accountability * gender competence among managers/leaders |
| Stakeholder Engagement | * external stakeholders' engagement * employee awareness and engagement |
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| Flexibility, Time & Work Life | Work-Life Balance | * reasonable working-hours, flexitime * compensation policies that promote WLB |
| Care & Family Life | * child/elder-care availability and funding, parental leave * flexible and family-friendly working hours models |
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| Presence & Visibility | Recruitment | * career and life planning * trainee programmes for potential female leaders |
| Retention & Attrition | * gender-specific rates of loss from the academic career path (leaky pipeline) * equal pay gap |
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| Advancement | * women's representation in promotion pools * promotion policies and practices |
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| Visibility | * role models/representation * gender-sensitive language |
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| Gender-inclusive/ Gender-sensitive Organizational Culture | Gender Awareness & Bias | * gender stereotypes and implicit bias training (for the management level as well as for employees) |
| Non-discrimination | * policy of overall non-discrimination * equal treatment of part-time work * equal access to resources (e.g. funding, lab space, equipment) |
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| Deconstructing Excellence | * transparency of selection and promotion criteria * pressure (quantity/quality) |
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| Gender Dimension in Research and Education | Knowledge | * inclusion of gender studies in all curricula |
| Research | * inclusion of gender dimension in research | |
| Funding | * inclusion of gender-related selection criteria * transparency of funding criteria |
