Women’s Empowerment, Research, and Management: Their Contribution to Social Sustainability

This article enhances some ideas and opinions related with the challenges that women across the world face nowadays to pursue a professional career. The route they take has frequent obstacles of a distinct nature, which are not always comparable with those faced by men. The starting point of this wo...

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Autores principales:	Ana Maria Ventura, Lourdes Morillas, Maria Amélia Martins-Loução, Cristina Cruz
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	women gender and social perception social sustainability research management family and academia non-paid work Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7de46bcb98204c2d92c610cf508122582021-11-25T19:04:05ZWomen’s Empowerment, Research, and Management: Their Contribution to Social Sustainability10.3390/su1322127542071-1050https://doaj.org/article/7de46bcb98204c2d92c610cf508122582021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12754https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050This article enhances some ideas and opinions related with the challenges that women across the world face nowadays to pursue a professional career. The route they take has frequent obstacles of a distinct nature, which are not always comparable with those faced by men. The starting point of this work is the conclusions of the workshop “Women empowerment and gender equality, responsible research and innovation”—Research Project “SOILdarity”. This workshop revealed a diversified view about the subject, evidencing its connection with the social sustainability, with a special focus on academia and research management. This document introduces the topic in the context of the workshop, revises key aspects of women’s empowerment in a society still dominated by men’s opinions and organization (gender balance, obstacles and strategies), highlights the situation of women in academia and in research management, and gives the authors’ opinions about some questions related to gender and equality. We conclude that all societal actors must acknowledge women as key actors in contributing to social sustainability, working together towards creating an environment where they can have leadership roles.Ana Maria VenturaLourdes MorillasMaria Amélia Martins-LouçãoCristina CruzMDPI AGarticlewomengender and social perceptionsocial sustainabilityresearch managementfamily and academianon-paid workEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12754, p 12754 (2021)
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description	This article enhances some ideas and opinions related with the challenges that women across the world face nowadays to pursue a professional career. The route they take has frequent obstacles of a distinct nature, which are not always comparable with those faced by men. The starting point of this work is the conclusions of the workshop “Women empowerment and gender equality, responsible research and innovation”—Research Project “SOILdarity”. This workshop revealed a diversified view about the subject, evidencing its connection with the social sustainability, with a special focus on academia and research management. This document introduces the topic in the context of the workshop, revises key aspects of women’s empowerment in a society still dominated by men’s opinions and organization (gender balance, obstacles and strategies), highlights the situation of women in academia and in research management, and gives the authors’ opinions about some questions related to gender and equality. We conclude that all societal actors must acknowledge women as key actors in contributing to social sustainability, working together towards creating an environment where they can have leadership roles.
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Women’s Empowerment, Research, and Management: Their Contribution to Social Sustainability

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