The GenderTime project
GenderTime was an action, support and intervention programme funded by the European Commission between January 2013 and December 2016. The purpose of GenderTime was to promote organizational structural change and increase the participation and career advancement of women researchers in seven research and higher education institutions in seven European countries.
The method for generating change that was adopted in the GenderTime project utilized Gender Equality Plans (GEPs), which were tailor-made to fit each of the seven participating institutions. The implementation of the GEPs was managed and organized by seven national GenderTime teams, whose members constituted the GenderTime consortium.
The seven GEPs together organized almost 200 actions and change interventions that were implemented during four years. The actions targeted organizational and managerial processes and procedures and aimed at for example creating gender sensitive recruitment, retention and promotion policies; supporting and improving work-life balance; establishing a more inclusive work culture, and; increasing gender awareness throughout the organizations.
The implementation of the GEPs in the participating institutions was carefully monitored throughout the project. The name GenderTime indicates the prominent place monitoring had in the project as the acronym TIME stands for: Transferring, Implementing, Monitoring Equality.