Rodna ravnopravnost u nauci – jednake mogućnosti i posebne mere
Gender Equality in Science – Equal Opportunities and Special Measures

Author(s): Marijana Pajvančić
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Sociology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: gender equality; equal opportunities; special measures; genderbased discrimination; science; women scientists and scholars
Summary/Abstract: The paper explores the sources that define public policies as well as those that set the legal framework within which equal opportunities for women and men to exercise their rights on equal terms exist (or do not exist), including the right to engage in scientific work. Strategic documents in the fields of education, science, gender equality and non-discrimination, and regulations that positivise public policies are the focus of attention. The question that is being investigated is whether the basic legal preconditions for women and men to have equal opportunities to engage in scientific work, have been put in place in Serbia. The Constitution of Serbia guarantees the equality of women and men and obliges the State to pursue a policy of equal opportunities and take special measures in order to achieve gender equality in practice. Our question is whether the State is fulfilling this constitutional obligation, whether it is pursuing a policy of equal opportunities in science, whether it is taking special measures to close the gender gap, whether the measures that are being taken are sufficient and what their effects are.

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