Gender segregation in the Higher education and Science in Bulgaria in comparison with the EU tendencies

• Authors: Alla Kirova
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The establishment of fair European research area with a view to gender equality is one of the main requirements of Europe 2020 Strategy. In that context the paper presents selected results of a study of the gender balance in the higher education and science in Bulgaria. Problems concerning the position of the country in the European map of gender equality in the two academic sectors and especially the level of gender segregation are treated. Three intrinsic problems are identified – horizontal segregation by fields of science, tendency towards men leaving the public research sector, and substantial vertical segregation by academic and leading positions.

Keywords

EN

Gender equality; gender segregation; higher education; science

Discipline

• EDUCATION: EDUCATION

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Perspectives of Innovations, Economics and Business
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 117-125

Dates

published

2015-10-16

Contributors

author

Alla Kirova

• Department of Macroeconomics, Economic Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

References

• BAS, 2011. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: directory 2011. Sofia: Classic Design
• EC, 2003; 2006. Women and Science. Statistics and Indicators
• EC, 2010. EU Strategy for equality between women and men (2010-2015). COM (2010) 491 final
• NSI, National Statistical Institute, www.nsi.bg
• She Figures 2009. Statistics and indicators on gender equality in science. European Commission
• She Figures, 2012. Gender in research and innovation. Statistics and Indicators, European Commission

Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.15208/pieb.2015.12