The CNRS defends gender equality in world science
On October 27th 2025, the eleven organisations, including the CNRS, that won the European Equality Prize signed a declaration of principle in support of gender equality in research, an initiative launched by France's leading research organisation which now incorporates gender equality into all its international collaboration projects.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-defends-gender-equality-world-science
Genoveva Vargas-Solar, a CNRS researcher at the Laboratoire d'Informatique en Image et des Systèmes d'Information 4 is a member of this project and tells us that the aim is to "identify the aspects of the current model of scientific production that can hinder or discourage women from considering a long-term career path that includes master's studies, a PhD and a research career".
To help put this right, Gender-STI has "implemented a practical checklist for setting up international scientific collaboration programmes" to systematically integrate the gender equality issue, explains Genoveva Vargas-Solar.