Our commitment to equality in the workplace
CEREGE is committed to pursuing a policy of equality and combating discrimination in the workplace.
The Equality Unit of CEREGE, active since 2019, acts at the level of CEREGE and the OSU PYTHEAS to fight against the gender inequality. Since 2024 it has been expanding its actions against all forms of discrimination (LGBTQIA+, disabled people, religious groups, etc.). These actions are carried out in conjunction with our supervisory bodies.
Our team, comprising five members, is here to listen to all members of the laboratory in order to prevent and take action against any discrimination and sexual or gender-based violence (SGBV).
You are invited to come and talk to us on a one-to-one basis and in complete confidence:
To ensure gender equality within CEREGE, our actions are structured around three key areas:
1. Measuring inequalities
A comparative situation document between men and women in the laboratory has been published every year since 2019. The following parameters are measured by gender and body:
- Workforce
- Age pyramid
- Recruitment
- Career development
- Responsibilities
- Supporting projects
- PhDs
The proportion of women in the following events is also monitored:
- Guest seminars
- Submissions
- Juries
- Thesis, post-doc and ATER recruitment
This situation is put into perspective with regard to data from the CNRS and AMU.
Take a look at our latest comparative analysis:
2. Understanding inequalities
Where there is systemic inequality (i.e. inequality that is not cyclical):
- Our successes are not only due to our efforts or our talent.
- Inequality is the result of many factors, including the private, educational and professional spheres, institutions, social protection systems, representations and stereotypes.
3. Taking practical action
The unit organises several types of action described below:
- Training on implicit gender biases and their effects (offered primarily to those with responsibilities for teams, platforms, committees, etc.). A training programme based on research findings, delivered by Isabelle Régner (Vice-President for Gender Equality and the Fight against Discrimination at AMU, and Professor at the Cognitive Psychology Laboratory, specialising in gender bias) and Magali Putero (project officer attached to the Vice-Presidency). It consists of three 2-hour workshops, in groups of around 15 people.
- «OSER!» training course» to remove barriers to women’s careers in Higher Education and Research, offered to women at CEREGE, MIO and LAM. This programme is an adaptation of the Springboard Tremplin programme for women, tailored to higher education and research in France. 12 participants per year. A great success. Supported by the management teams at MIO, LAM and CEREGE.
- Mentoring for young female researchers from LAM, MIO, IMBE and CEREGE: organised by the Femmes & Science association and supported by OSU PYTHEAS and AMU. Around twenty mentees in 2024.
The OSER training course and the Mentoring programme are organised in collaboration with our colleagues Guilaine Lagache (LAM) Stéphanie Barillon (MIO) and Elena Ormeno (IMBE).
- From equality cafés and lunches for Women are also held regularly at CEREGE.
- From awareness campaigns against gender-based and sexual violence.
Recommendations from the working group
Remain vigilant to ensure that women are present at all levels in a proportion that meets or exceeds their share of the workforce Governance, team and platform management, seminars, allocation of grants, creation of recruitment committees, guest seminars, promotion proposals, recruitment, selection of funding applications, etc.