WIR Good practices in companies across Europe

WIR Good practices 2003 | Checklist: What companies can do!  

 

Industry plays a leading role in research, innovation and development in the European Union, with some 56% of investment in these areas
coming from private companies. Yet women make up only around
15% of industrial researchers across the EU.

The brochure is not a comprehensive analysis, but a series of case
studies based on data supplied by companies themselves in response
to a questionnaire sent out by the European Commission, members
of the WIR Expert Group and the European Industrial Research Management
Association (EIRMA).


The examples cover many initiatives in the areas of recruitment, networking, mentoring, monitoring, diversity, flexibility and family
friendly policie. In order to demonstrate what these measures mean for women themselves, it includes interviews with a number of individuals at different stages of their careers as well as HR representatives in leading R&D companies.