Gender equality is consecrated at the international level through the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, being included in the UN 2030 Agenda, with the aim of reducing inequality and eliminating discrimination in all areas.
In the spirit of European values and requirements, University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” of Iași undertakes the commitment at the institutional level to promote, monitor and integrate gender equality in institutional culture and practices.
◊ Policy recommendations for gender balance in informatics (.pdf), COST Action CA19122 – European Network For Gender Balance in Informatics
◊ Gender Dimension in Research and Innovation Activities in Horizon Europe, developed by the Horizon Europe NCP Unit within UEFISCDI, 2022.
In Romania, the government body that has the mission to promote, monitor and combat discrimination based on gender is National Agency for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men.
National legislation:
- L no. 202/19.04.2002 regarding equal opportunities and treatment between women and men – republication;
- Decision 970/2023 for the approval of the Methodology regarding the prevention and combating of harassment on the basis of sex, as well as moral harassment at the workplace;
- O.U.G. no. 67/27.06.2007 regarding the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women within professional social security schemes;
- L no. 23/2015 for declaring May 8 the Day of equal opportunities between women and men;
- additional information on national legislation!
International legislation:
- The Roadmap for the European Research Area 2015-2020;
- European Parliament resolution on women’s careers in science and academia and the “glass ceilings” encountered;
- Directive 79/7/EEC which compels member states to progressively apply the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the field of social security;
- The Istanbul Convention
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- additional information on international law!
Gender equality and The European Commission:
- Gender equality strategy 2020-2025
- Equal pay
- Women in the labour market / Work-Life Balance
- additional information and other current topics!
Projects:
- European Network For Gender Balance in Informatics, COST Action CA19122, 10.2020-18.10.2024, UAIC coordinator prof. Lenuța ALBOAIE
- Gender and health impacts of policies extending working life in western countries, ISCH COST Action IS1409, 16.07.2015-26.04.2019, UAIC coordinator prof. Daniela ȘOITU
- Stages– Structural Transformation to Achieve Gender Equality in Science, FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2011-1, 01.01.2012-31.12.2015, UAIC coordinator prof. Doina BALAHUR