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Harnessing the collective wisdom of diverse stakeholders towards identifying obstacles that R&I organizations face in their effort to develop and implement Gender Equality Plans

Authors	Kevin Dye Marcus Hallside Yiannis Laouris
Journal	Gender Issues
Volume	00
Pages	00
Year	2023

Link	https://www.springer.com/journal/12147

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a Structured Democratic Dialogue designed to identify the barriers or obstacles that research and innovation organizations might face in their efforts to design and implement Gender Equality Plans. The dialogue was conducted in the context of a Horizon 2020 project on gender equality. The process used supports stakeholders harnessing their collective wisdom. The stakeholders identified more than 50 barriers, which they clarified, clustered and subsequently structured using interpretive structural modelling. The structural model has been used as a root cause identification tool to highlight those obstacles that should be addressed with priority by decision- or policymakers. They concluded that root obstacles include the difficulty in assessing the interconnection of gender issues with other issues and the fact that the necessary policies and regulations are still missing. The paper concludes with recommendations.

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-In this paper, we present and compare results from three participatory structured democratic dialogue processes. The dialogues were designed to capture the responses of stakeholders across Europe to three very similar triggering questions: (1) What existing practices can be identified to facilitate the development and implementation of GEPs in academia and research organisations? (2) What measures/actions (administrative, organizational culture-related, financial, legal...) should be taken to make Gender Equality Plan implementation beneficial for all employees in research organizations? And (3) What are the best practices to overcome problems, barriers, and issues when implementing your GEPs? Each process has produced a different number of responses, but their content is, to some extent, similar. Similarities and differences are compared and critiqued with a view toward revealing differences but also homogeneities across Europe.
+This paper presents the results of a Structured Democratic Dialogue designed to identify the barriers or obstacles that research and innovation organizations might face in their efforts to design and implement Gender Equality Plans. The dialogue was conducted in the context of a Horizon 2020 project on gender equality. The process used supports stakeholders harnessing their collective wisdom. The stakeholders identified more than 50 barriers, which they clarified, clustered and subsequently structured using interpretive structural modelling. The structural model has been used as a root cause identification tool to highlight those obstacles that should be addressed with priority by decision- or policymakers. They concluded that root obstacles include the difficulty in assessing the interconnection of gender issues with other issues and the fact that the necessary policies and regulations are still missing. The paper concludes with recommendations.
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