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

这个项目包括一个由欧盟-美国生物技术特别工作组赞助的讲习班，目的是调查妇女在国际生物技术研究顶级队伍中的地位。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、在最高领导级别实现性别平衡方面取得的成就以及需要完成的剩余工作。生物技术是一个增长型产业，其影响力和执行力日益全球化。如果我们想要充分利用这个行业的潜力，就必须组织一支分布在全球的、多样化的、准备好生物技术的劳动力队伍。妇女是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可以明显看出。然而，她们在学术界和工业界高层的代表人数一直不足。有才华的生物技术研究人员的短缺已经促使决策者采取行动。已经作出的决定成功地增加了妇女接受研究生教育和在生物技术公司进行创新的人数。然而，担任生命科学学术和行业领导职位的女性人数仍然很低。讲习班将探讨在努力增加担任领导职务的妇女人数方面哪些是有效的，哪些是无效的，并探讨在这一领域进行改进的机会。

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.