The achievement of equality of women and men in the European Research Area: From the ETAN Report to the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe

Abstract

Since the publication of the well-known ETAN Report in 2000, the policy of the European Union in the area of research and innovation, mainly articulated through the European Research Area, includes among its prioirities the equality between women and men and the incorporation of the gender perspective in research, defining actions to address gender imbalances in research institutions and integrating the gender dimension and the analysis of sex/gender in the content of research, as reflected in the Framework Program for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, as well as the Framework Program Horizon Europe (2021-2027). However, in order to ensure its full effectiveness, it will be essential for the European Union itself to adopt a specific Directive that
obliges all the States to adopt binding legislative provisions in their national research and innovation strategies, including effective systems of monitoring and evaluation.