A follow-up grant, the activities the Center develops fall into two basic lines. The first is to support women researchers' participation in European research, promote equal opportunities in science and research and support early career researchers, including the development of practical tools for achieving these objectives and making recommendations for policy-making . The second line is the theoretical exploration of feminist epistemology and science studies from a gender perspective on issues of knowledge production, power and gender. The Centre carried out the following projects: information portal Infomat , Young Talents (this project built on the project Woman of the Month and aimed to present successful young women researchers). The Center also published its own newsletter and online magazine Context: Journal for gender and knowledge. Since 2005, the Centre participated in the European Researchers' Night events.
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The article is a review of a publication by M. Lamont How Professors Think. Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgement, which concentrates on analysis the peer review system in social sciences and humanities (to be concrete on anthropology, economics, English literature, history, philosophy and political science).
Many European states, including the Czech Republic, are facing high default rate on child support payments. In combination with a high divorce rate and, in some states, ineffective law enforcement, this has become a dire problem and one that has gender repercussions. In an effort to solve this situation, almost half of EU member states have adopted a system of state advances on child maintenance. The Czech Republic is not one of them.
European science policy turned its attention to gender equality at the end of the 20th century, influencing to a smaller or greater extent three Framework Programmes supporting European research and technological development (the fifth, sixth and seventh). Gender equality is also an important component of the current negotiations of the next framework programme titled Horizon 2002 for the period 2013-2020.
The publication explores gender aspects of researchers’ career plans, academic mobility, combination of research and parenthood, image of science in the media and gender equality policies in science. The introductory chapter discusses current changes in research and position of women in Czech science.
The findings reveal the ambivalent nature of part-time work in the Czech Republic. On one hand, part-time contracts are used in terms of positive flexibility – as a tool for women to combine working life with care for small children. On the other hand, the results show, that part-time work is predominant among groups marginalized in the labour and these jobs are therefore associated with lower level of security and higher risk of poverty.
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