Status of African Women in Research - Event report 25 June 2024

Status of African Women in Research Status of African Women in Research Event report 25 June 2024 On 25 June 2024, the Mawazo Institute and INASP held a joint roundtable event focusing on the perspectives and experiences of African women researchers. [...] The event drew on and presented findings from: The Mawazo Institute’s upcoming Status of African Women in Research report drawing together data from almost 2,400 respondents to their 2023 Academic Needs survey and Mawazo Fellowship application INASP’s Voices of Early Career Researchers survey of almost 8,000 early career researchers from the Global South [1] and an accompanying gender report: An e. [...] (Mawazo Institute’s survey) Academic support Both women and men early career researchers feel that they need more training and support to progress in their careers, but women experience fewer opportunities than men and fewer women than men have published their research in the last year (INASP’s survey): While more than a quarter of all responde. [...] Gendered experiences Domestic and caring responsibility often means that women are more ‘time poor’ than men (Dhar, 2020): Women are more likely to experience ‘lack of time and resources’ as an obstacle to doing collaborative research than men (INASP’s survey) 20% of the women researchers represented in Mawazo Institute’s survey struggled to find time for research due to family commitments In addi. [...] Lack of information and institutional supports provide less opportunities for most of us.” (Woman, Ethiopia) Recommendations from the roundtable Based on the findings presented and discussed at the event, the participants made the following overall recommendations for institutions, programmes and funders supporting women early career researchers Build support for women researchers to travel with t.