How ICT Encourages Informal Mentoring Networks to Promote Gender Equality in Times of Pandemic
How ICT Encourages Informal Mentoring Networks to Promote Gender Equality in Times of Pandemic

Author(s): Clara Silveira, Leonide Reis, Rita Costa, Maria Jose Costa
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Gender equality; Information and communication technologies; Engineering; Sustainable development goals
Summary/Abstract: Gender equality promotion initiatives are increasingly needed to foster the choice of the scientific area of engineering. Currently, in higher education, it is observed that regarding engineering courses women practically have no representation in relation to the number of male students. The article presents the problem in the field of Gender Equality interrelating with the Sustainable Development Goals. The research methodology adopted is Design Science Research, given the specificity of the problem. The main results and contributions are the literature review in the field of the theme under study, as well as the various initiatives in the national Portuguese context and focus on a set of instruments of debate and dissemination involving testimonies of former students and the community. These initiatives promote Gender Equality in engineering courses in Higher Education, enhancing the choice of these courses.

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