Autor: comiteigualtat

On the occasion of the commemoration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11), the City Council of Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Barcelona) and the ICAC Committee for Gender Equality organized different dissemination actions.

This forum-debate addressed the topic of the scientific imaginary and how to make more visible the female researchers working in disciplines sometimes considered “unscientific”, such as the Humanities. This activity took place February 14 and was attended by the folllowing participants:

• Dra. Lídia Colomines (ICAC), archaeozoology research.
• Dra. Ana Pastor (GAPP-UB), research in social archaeology and cultural heritage.
• Paloma Zarzuela (GAPP-UB), research on the role of women in Spanish archaeology.
• Moderators: Óscar Esteban (City Council Santa Perpètua de Mogoda) y la Dra. Marta Flórez (researcher ICAC).

On the occasion of the celebration of March 8, International Women’s Day, from the ICAC Gender Equality Committee have organized an informative talk, by the GRAP (UB) researcher Margarita Díaz-Andreu-

• “The ArqueólogAs project: a historical view of gender inequality in the archaeological profession”.
• Wednesday, March 9, at 12 noon (online)
• Link to the session (no registration required)

This presentation will offer some of the results obtained in the ArqueólogAs project (ref. PID2019-110748GB-I00, UB) in relation to the origins of gender inequality that women in the archaeological profession still experience today.

Margarita Díaz-Andreu (Ramón Menéndez Pidal National Award 2021) is ICREA Professor at the University of Barcelona. Since her first publications (in the 1990s), she has focused her scientific production on the gender perspective and has also been interested in the history of women in archaeology.

Currently, she is the leading researcher of the Arqueólogas project, from which she is organizing a website with a section called “pioneers”, a compilation of biographies of women born in or before 1950 who played a relevant role in the field of archaeology. Within the framework of the Arqueólogas project, the team is also working on a dissemination publication (featured by 2022) based on the history of women in Spanish archeology.

This is an initiative within the framework of the ICAC Gender Equality Plan and the HRS4R strategy.

The new Gender Equality Committee members are (since February 2022):

• Lydia M. Gil González (documentalist)
• Lídia Colominas Barberà (researcher)
• Alfredo Mayoral Pascual (researcher)

The updated Gender Equality Committee will keep on working for the implementation of the Action Plan for gender equality at the ICAC, within the framework of the ICAC HRS4R strategy, and the follow-up of the Protocol against sexual harassment and violence.

We want to highlight and thank the dedication and work done by former members of the Committee: Jesús Carruesco and Maura Lerga.

The ICAC joins, the fourth year in a row, the commemoration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11F).

On the occasion of the commemoration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11), the City Council of Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Barcelona) and the ICAC Committee for Gender Equality are organizing different dissemination actions, from 8 to 14 February 2022.

11F celebration aims to foster full access and participation in science for girls and women. This is the first year that the ICAC carries out a joint initiative with the City Council of Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, with whom it has designed a wider transfer project in the field of education (“Our scientific neighbours: do you know them?” ), by GIAP researcher Marta Flórez.

The first of the events will take place on Tuesday, February 8 at 9 am with the talk L’enginy (in)visible, with the UPC researcher and president of the Society Catalan of Technology, Núria Salán. The activity is aimed at schools participating in the Community Service project “Our scientific neighbours: do you know them?”, also promoted by the City Council and the ICAC.

On Wednesday, February 9 (at 6 pm) there will be a round table where researchers Dra. Júlia Aguadé (University of California), Dra. Marta Fransoy (UPC) and Dra. Alicia Casals (UPC) will discuss the challenges and opportunities needed to ensure the presence of women in science. The event will be moderated by Marta Flórez (ICAC).

The commemorative program for February 11 will close on Monday the 14th with a forum debate (from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm), addressing the topic of how to make more visible the female researchers working in disciplines sometimes considered “unscientific”, such as the Humanities. With Dr. Lídia Colomines (ICAC), Dr. Ana Pastor (GAPP-UB) and doctoral student Paloma Zarzuela (GAPP-UB). The debate will be moderated by Óscar Esteban (City Council Santa Perpètua de Mogoda) and Dr. Marta Flórez (ICAC).

Both activities will be held online due to the situation caused by the Covid-19. Those interested in participating in these roundtables should contact igualtat@staperpetua.cat.

Boosting scientific vocation among students

Within the framework of the Community Service project “Our scientific neighbors: do you know them?”, promoted by the City Council of Santa Perpètua de Mogoda and the ICAC, we are working on creating an exhibition on women scientists with different schools of the city.

The project, based on the service-learning methodology, has been developed in collaboration with SPMakers Space, throughout the school year, with different schools in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda. The aim of the project is to make visible the talent of women and their presence in science, through the creation of 3D print prototypes created based on the participating female researchers’ profiles.

Marta Flórez will join the next radio podcast Toquem Pedra to explain in detail this project and the ICAC participation in it! The radio show will be next Wednesday, February 16, from 12.15 pm, on Tarragona Ràdio.