The purpose of this report is to show how and why scientific understanding of biological and sociocultural (sex-gender) differences between women and men can enhance success of innovation policies that seek to promote socioeconomic advancements through science and technology.
Portia
Portia is an NGO promoting gender equality and the greater appreciation of the gender dimension in Science. Established at Imperial College London in the late nineties, Portia runs a range of projects through partnerships with other related stakeholders all over the world. Portia's work ranges from activites aimed at supporting individuals to overcome gender bias in their careers to supporting international policy development.
Areas of activity:
gender
Focus of Capacity Development:
Individual
Organizational
Institutional
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Publication year
2016
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This report from the Korea Center for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET) and PORTIA has been published as a result of the 6th Gender Summit (Seoul, 2015) and aims to help improve efficacy of the measures used to implement the SDGs, including their cross cutting impacts, by ident
Publication year
2016
Link to web resource