{"id":110306,"date":"2020-03-06T11:11:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T10:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=110306"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:59:48","slug":"99-female-scholars-to-embark-on-new-programme-designed-to-support-talented-female-academics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/03\/06\/99-female-scholars-to-embark-on-new-programme-designed-to-support-talented-female-academics\/","title":{"rendered":"99 female scholars to embark on new programme designed to support talented female academics"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday afternoon, Chief Diversity Officer Semiha Denkta\u015f announced at a meeting held to celebrate the upcoming International Women\u2019s Day that a new 25\/25 initiative designed to support talented female academics will kick off soon, and that 99 women will participate in it.<\/p>\n

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It was as if the number 99 was the recurring theme of the meeting held at Novotel on Thursday afternoon to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day (8 March). At the start of her speech, Semiha Denkta\u015f referred to the Global Gender Gap report, which contains a prediction that it will take another 99 years to bridge the gender gap. \u201cOn the other hand, I\u2019m proud to be able to tell you here that we are about to embark on 25\/25 with 99 talented female academics. Even though we may have about 99 different types of problems, a lack of female talent definitely isn\u2019t one of them.\u201d The attendees applauded.<\/p>\n

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Denkta\u015f launched the\u00a0\u2018<\/em>25\/25 policy\u2019, as it is officially known, at the Advancing Social Equity in Academia conference held in late 2019<\/em>.<\/em> The policy is the university\u2019s attempt to ensure that 25 percent of its full professors will be female by 2025. One hundred and one women applied for the programme. Ninety-nine of them will embark on its activities soon.<\/p>\n

The policy is designed to support assistant professors who hope to be promoted to an associate professorship in the next two or three years, as well as associate professors who hope to be appointed full professors within the next two years.<\/p>\n\n\t

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