GEAP's implementation:

genovate official siteThe GENOVATE Community is a platform which enables GENOVATE partners to share institutional information and case studies, and facilitates the coordination of a buddy system for bench learning.

The GENOVATE Community consist of seven GENOVATE partner institutions; the GENOVATE International Advisory Board; key strategic collaborators and stakeholders and the general public. It is a mechanism designed to facilitate meaningful knowledge exchange across the community at local, national and international levels within each of the partner institutions’ countries, across Europe and globally.

Create value to generate awareness

"Broader recruitment with a gender perspective: A gender perspective integrated in the recruitment process will contribute to a sustainable and long-term competence at Luleå University of Technology. Through the EU project Genovate, the university's experiences of a new working method will hopefully contribute to an impact in more organizations." See the news on the LTU home page

http://www.ltu.se/centres/cdt/Bredare-rekryteringar-med-genusperspektiv-1.127607?l=en

LTU Gender Equality Plan

Gender equality and equal terms is one of the priorities of LTU’s operational plan for 2015-2016. The work will be organised by the HR department and supported by a reference group consisting of researchers, experts, representatives of student unions as well as representatives of trade unions, managers and co-workers. The task of the reference group is to contribute with competence and engagement, support Vice-Chancellor, evaluate and prioritise different paths. The first workshop was conducted in January 27,2015.

The Swedish government support the gender equality work in 41 government agencies

The Swedish government is spending SEK 26 million to support the gender equality work in 41 government agencies. It is a diverse group of agencies that over a period of four years will receive unique support from the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research in their gender mainstreaming work. Read more http://genus.se/english/news/Nyhet_detalj/?languageId=100001&contentId=1262807&disableRedirect=true&returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fgenus.se%2FAktuellt%2Fnyheter%2FNyheter%2Ffulltext%2F%2F26-miljoner-kr-till-stod-for-jamstalldhet.cid1262807

Power point presentation from Government Offices of Sweden, Ministry of Education and Research Sweden:

http://eige.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/05%20Helena%20Hagelberg%20-%20Institutional%20mechanisms%20for%20gender%20equality%20in%20Sweden.pdf

Career Center, LTU’s stakeholders in Genovate

LTU Career change their name today to the Career Center. They celebrate the launch with university staff and students, companies and public organisations. This great opportunity to network ended with a panel discussion about "Future labor market - basic industry meets the digital industry".

 

 

Women in Business and Management

A new report from ILO (International Labour Organization)

- Promoting gender equality at the workplace is not only the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do. A growing body of evidence shows that utilizing the skills and talent of both men and women is beneficial for enterprises and for society in general.

Read more http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_334882.pdf

Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East

- Based on analyses from twenty-one research teams in fourteen countries, this book explores what it takes to wield the emancipatory potential of ICT. The case-studies never fail to arouse curiosity, though some chapters are a little short, writes Morgane Colleau.

Read more http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2015/01/04/book-review-women-and-ict-in-africa-and-the-middle-east-changing-selves-changing-societies-by-ineke-buskens-and-anne-webb/