International Women in Science Conference

Exhibitors

Donne e Scienza

The Association Donne e Scienza was founded in December 2003 by a group of scientists and scholars from several disciplines. Since the 1980s, this group of women has promoted activities on women in science and has developed its own analysis of contemporary science.

In the early years, we became aware that science was not neutral. It soon became clear that there was a lack of gender neutrality, although we were examining an advanced, open-minded, cultural area such as research and knowledge development.

Denouncing the progressive exclusion of women from scientific careers and top positions as well as from key roles and decisional seats, where research financing and orientation is decided, was weaved with the sense of our participation to it and a possible gendered science.

The main objectives of the Association Donne e Scienza are:

To promote women's participation in scientific research
To build an Italian network of women in research in order to facilitate the communication of projects and activities, and the circulation of information
To collect documents and information regarding the situation of women in research institutions, regulation and policies
To promote research, organise conferences and other events aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the aspects concerning women's subjectivity and experience in scientific research
To promote and facilitate the participation of women in science at national and international events

These activities are meant as a commitment towards civil society providing an interface between science and society. The founders expect that becoming an association will facilitate dialogue with institutions, and that the association's initiatives might contribute to generate debate and awareness on contemporary science from a gender perspective.