National Committees on Gender, Science and Technology



Brazil

This committee is in process of establishment. For more information, contact:

Ms. Marilia Sardenberg Z. Goncalves
Director General
Department of Science and Technology
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
SHIS QI 23, Conjunto o3, casa 17, Lago Sul
CEP 71.660.030, Brasilia-DF
Brazil
Tel: 55-61-226 4840
Fax: 55-61-225 2475
Email: msardenberg@mre.gov.br


Comision de Genero, Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion, Peru

The Comision de Genero, Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion, Peru, was established on April 16, 2002. The founding institutions include:

  • The National Advisory Board on Science and Technology (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia - CONCYTEC)
  • Peruvian Network of Technological Innovation Centres (CITES)
  • Programa Marco de Formacion Profesional (FORTEPE)
  • Centre for Social, Economic and Technology Research (Centro de Investigaciones Sociales, Economicas y Tecnologicas - CINSEYT).
The goals of the committee are to:
  • Provide a means of coordination and collaboration among member institutions.
  • Develop criteria for action around issues of technological innovation and decentralization.
  • Organize and promote national-level events and activities.
  • Disseminate information on gender, science and technological innovation.

For more information, contact:
Mercedes Ines Carazo
National Coordinator
The Technological Innovation Centers Network (RED de CITEs-PERU)
Centros de Innovacion Tecnologica
Ministerio de la Producci—n - PRODUCE
Ricardo Angulo 816
CORPAC-San Isidro
Lima 21, Peru
Telefax (51-1)2257572/224-3119 or 476-3964
Email: mcarazo@produce.gob.pe | redcites@produce.gob.pe

Romania Committee on Gender, Science and Technology
The Romanian Committee on Gender, Science and Technology (RGC) was created in November 2001. At present, the Committee is hosted by the OPTOELECTRONICA 2001 Research Institute in Bucharest, and staffed by 2 persons of the International Collaboration Department, i.e. the project co-ordinator and a secretary. OPTOELECTRONICA provides office space, communications, equipment and personnel time to RGC.

Its areas of focus are:
  • to increase women's economic empowerment, employment and status in science and technology-related occupations in Romania
  • Development of research and technology programs or projects with significant impact on women's work, particularly in rural communities and less favoured areas.
  • Consult and work with national policy makers, researchers and NGOs to influence national policy and develop a national programme of activity.

Objectives
Through its activities the RGC aims at finding instruments to promote and obtain:

  • Wider access to education and professional training for women by facilitating the dissemination of information regarding training and career opportunities.
  • Involvement and development of research and technology programs or projects with significant impact on women's work, particularly in rural communities and less favoured areas.
  • Wider involvement in science and technology activities and promotion of women in managerial and decision-making positions.
  • Better access to the information concerning the activities of gender organizations in Romania and abroad, focusing on their usefulness for women's education and career advancement.

In this context, the RGC is intended to act as a catalyst of gender initiatives in Romania and to become a channel of information from other gender-oriented organisms, internationally and regionally (through collaboration with neighbouring countries such as Hungary, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia).

For more information, contact:
Alexandra Caramizoiu, Coordinator
Romanian Gender Committee - RGC
C/o OPTOELECTRONICA 2001 S.A.
409 Atomistilor , Magurele, Jud Ilfov, Romania
cod 76900, PO Box: MG-22
Phone: +4021 Ð 4574498
Fax : +4021 - 4574204
Email: alexandra_caramizoiu@yahoo.com




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