EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research Workshop - A Global Look at Women's Leadership in Biotechnology

该项目包括由欧共体-美国生物技术工作队主办的一个讲习班，以调查妇女在国际生物技术研究最高级别中的地位。 报告探讨了妇女在这一领域的作用和贡献、生物技术产业全球化对提高妇女地位的机会和障碍的影响、高层领导在实现性别平衡方面取得的成就以及需要开展的工作，生物技术是一个在影响力和执行力方面日益全球化的增长产业。 如果我们想充分利用这一行业的潜力，就必须组建一个全球分布、多样化、为生物技术做好准备的劳动力队伍。 妇女是这一劳动力的重要组成部分。 他们对生命科学有着浓厚的兴趣，这一点从本科阶段的高入学率中可以明显看出。 然而，他们在学术界和工业界高层的代表性一直不足，有才华的生物技术研究人员的短缺促使决策者采取行动。 已经作出的决定成功地增加了接受研究生教育和在生物技术公司进行创新的妇女人数。 然而，担任生命科学学术和工业领导职位的妇女人数仍然很低。 该讲习班将探讨在增加妇女担任领导职务的人数方面，哪些措施有效，哪些措施无效，并探讨在这一领域改进的机会。

This project involves a workshop sponsored by the EC-US Biotechnology Task Force to investigate women's position in the top ranks of international biotechnology research. It probes the roles and contributions of women in this field, the effect of the globalization of the biotechnology industry on opportunities and barriers for women's advancement, the achievements towards gender balance at the top levels of leadership, and the remaining work that needs to be done.Biotechnology is a growth industry that is increasingly global in its influence and execution. Marshalling a globally distributed, diverse, biotech-ready workforce is essential if we want to fully harness the potential of this industry. Women are an essential part of that workforce. They have a strong interest in the life sciences as is clear from high levels of enrolment at the undergraduate level. However, they are consistently underrepresented at higher levels of academia and industry.The shortage of talented biotechnology researchers has led policy-makers to take action. Decisions have been made that have successfully increased the number of women receiving graduate education and making innovations in biotechnology companies. Yet the number of women in life science academic and industry leadership positions has remained low. The workshop will explore what has worked and what hasn't in efforts to increase the number of women in leadership positions and explore opportunities for improvement in this area.