The overall objective of this work package is to achieve an European-wide overview of the relevant literature and statistics on women‟s participation in STM and pick out the perspectives and figures relevant for IRIS, and to provide a gender equity perspective to be employed throughout the project.

It will ensure gender sensitivity and awareness in the topics addressed by the project, in the data collected, as well as in the interpretations of the findings from the other WPs. WP3 has an important function in assisting development of gender-sensitive data collection instruments in all WPs, and in interpreting the corresponding findings. This WP will also conduct extensive analysis and reviews of existing reports, register data and statistics and combine these with data collected and analysed in the IRIS project.

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