Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Ostiraliya - SAGE Initiative yana nufin magance gibin jinsi da bambancin jinsi

The Kimiyya a Ostiraliya Daidaita Jinsi (SAGE) yunƙurin haɗin gwiwa ne tsakanin Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Australiya (AAS) da kuma Kwalejin Fasaha da Injiniya ta Australiya. Manufar SAGE ita ce inganta daidaiton jinsi a cikin STEM (Kimiyya, Fasaha, Injiniya, Lissafi) a cikin Babban Ilimi da Bincike na Australiya. Ana yin haka ne ta hanyar gina dorewa da daidaitawa Athena SWAN samfurin don Ostiraliya - samfurin da ya danganci mahimman ka'idodin 10 waɗanda ke inganta daidaito da bambanci a cikin STEM da kuma horo na ilimi. Athena SWAN yana ba da tsari ga cibiyoyi don ɗaukar ka'idodin da ke tallafawa, gane da kuma ciyar da ayyukan mata a cikin STEM - da kuma ɗaukar su cikin manufofinsu, ayyuka, tsare-tsaren ayyuka da al'adu.

"Babban tasirin matukin jirgin na SAGE shine ya kalubalanci mambobin da su yi nazari sosai kan yanayin daidaiton jinsi a cikin cibiyoyinsu, tsara ayyuka don magance duk wani shinge na tsari ko al'adu da suka gano, kuma mafi mahimmanci - don tabbatar da gaskiya ta hanyar buga kansu. tantancewa da raba tsare-tsaren ayyukansu,” in ji Wafa-El Adhami, Babban Daraktan SAGE. "Waɗannan shingen ba a rushe su cikin dare ɗaya ba, amma mun riga mun ga shaidar farko na tasiri kuma za mu fara ganin waɗannan ayyukan sun fara ba da 'ya'ya a cikin shekaru masu zuwa."

A ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, 2020, an san cibiyoyi 13 daga babban ilimi da sashin bincike na Ostiraliya saboda ƙoƙarinsu na tantance daidaiton jinsi da bambancin a cikin nasu cibiyar, da kuma tsara ayyuka don magance duk wani shinge na tsari ko al'adu da suka gano. Su ne cibiyoyi na baya-bayan nan don karɓar lambar yabo ta Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze Awards a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin SAGE, tare da Ostiraliya ta kasance ƙasa ta farko a wajen Burtaniya don ɗaukar tsarin Athena Swan Charter. Sauran ƙasashen da ke neman bi sun haɗa da New Zealand, Japan, Kanada da Amurka.

"Shaidu sun nuna cewa kamfanonin da ke da ƙungiyoyin jagoranci daban-daban da allunan sun fi nasara fiye da waɗanda ba su da bambancin jinsi."

-Wafa El-Adhami, Babban Daraktan SAGE

arba'in da hudu Babban ilimi na Ostiraliya da cibiyoyin bincike sun kammala hanyar SAGE zuwa izini, tare da mafi yawan (kashi 86) ana ba da kyautar Athena Swan Institutional Bronze category, a wani abincin dare a farkon wannan shekara.

“Wani bangare na Yarjejeniya ta Athena SWAN tana da nufin magance ‘bututun da ke yoyo’ na mata masu tasowa zuwa manyan mukamai a STEM. Matsala ce da na saba da ita,” in ji Farfesa Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, wacce ta yi magana a madadin Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Australiya a wajen liyafar cin abincin dare. "Ya bayyana a shekaru ashirin da suka wuce sa'ad da na zama mace ta farko ta Farfesa a fannin Physics a Ostiraliya a shekara ta 2000. Abin takaici, har yanzu babbar matsala ce."

Hakanan akwai matsala mai mahimmanci a cikin bambance-bambance da daidaito tsakanin STEM a Ostiraliya. Mutanen da suka bayyana a matsayin Aboriginal ko Torres Strait Islander, waɗanda ke da bambancin al'adu da harshe, LGBTQIA+ da waɗanda ke da naƙasa ba su da wakilci na dindindin, suna fuskantar ƙarin shinge ga shigarsu cikin STEM. Wannan wani yanki ne da SAGE ke aiki a kai, don ƙarfafa sashin ilimi mai zurfi da bincike don ɗaukar ka'idojin Athena SWAN.

Har ila yau, Cibiyar ta ci gaba Matan TSEM, kayan aiki na musamman wanda ke ba da dandamali ga masana, kuma sun goyi bayan haɓakar mafi kyawun aiki shiryar don haɓaka bambance-bambancen kyaututtuka da kyaututtuka ta Dandalin Masu Binciken Farko da Tsakanin Sana'a.

Makarantar tana son ganin duka Ƙungiyoyin STEM tare da su a matsayin zakara, don yin amfani da yunƙurin daidaiton jinsi da kuma haɗa kai sosai don cimma burinsu.

Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya, ta hanyar ta Shirin Ayyukan Ci gaban Kimiyya a matsayin Kyakkyawan Jama'a na Duniya, ya bayyana buƙatar canji a cikin tsarin kimiyya, wanda dole ne ya ci gaba da daidaitawa ga canje-canjen ilimi, fasaha da ka'idojin zamantakewa. ISC tana haɓaka aikinta, Daidaiton Jinsi a Kimiyya: Daga wayar da kan jama'a zuwa canji, tare da abokan tarayya kamar GenderInSITE, da Haɗin gwiwar Inter-Academy da Majalisar Bincike ta Duniya. A makonnin da suka gabato ranar mata ta duniya, muna mai da hankali kan wayar da kan jinsi, da bayyana nasarori, kalubale da tsare-tsare na tabbatar da daidaito tsakanin jinsi a fannin kimiyya da kuma dukkan fannoni.

*Wannan kididdigar ba ta hada da kaso na mata a fagen ilimin zamantakewa ba.

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