👥 Get to know the team behind this year’s WiE Index!
🧡 These amazing volunteers contributed to the Index and we’re happy to have them driving gender equality in economics at WiE. @sandra_kret#EconTwitter#WomeninEcon
🔔 What's the status of women in economics this year? Join us for the WiE Index Presentation to find out the position of women in the academic, public and private sector in 2022.
📆 12th December, 6 pm CET on Zoom
👉 Sign up to participate: https://t.co/MqaK4CepPI #EconTwitter
Sandra Kretschmer and Simon Mehl today defended their doctoral theses on green technology adoption and the energy transition in Germany. Great work, congrats‼️😊🥳🤩
Lifting Up - Episode 2 is out!🧡🎙In this episode, @jelena_ToBo hosts @sandrakretschm, research team coordinator at WiE, and @EllaNeedler, content team coordinator at WiE. Find here the newest episode 👉 https://t.co/Vvb3v0NSuH
Lifting up 🧡We just launched a new season of The Women in Economics Initiative #podcast!💥In this series we will highlight inspiring career stories of female and non-binary economists and the latest #research insights and policy developments. Tune in! 👇https://t.co/mI8iYcdO0k
📊 #WiEIndex poll time again! Today we want to ask you: what do you think is the score for academia, when gender parity is achieved at a value of 100, and 0 represents no gender diversity at all? #WomeninEcon#EconTwitter
One week to go! Next Wednesday we will publish the WiE Index.🧡📈Our goal with the index is to provide a broad & data-based overview of the representation of women #economists in senior positions globally. Join the presentation (📆Jan 26, 6:30 pm CET)👉https://t.co/JR1fET5qLY
Transformation starts with data! The WiE Index tracks the share of senior women economists across three sectors - academia, private and public. What do you think, which of the sectors is the most equal? Have a guess and register for our Index Presentation Event to find out!🧐
What is the status of women in #economics?🤔Since 2019 we collect data that tracks the share of women economists in senior positions globally. We aggregate them into an index. This is the WiE Index! Our latest indexes indicated a high level of gender disparity. #EconTwitter
WiE around the world.🌍 Our members are spread across the globe. With our Country Ambassador Programme we aim to create regional hubs for women & non-binary economists in different regions to connect and meet-up. Find all information here👉https://t.co/9715yXA9wG
#WiE Event: For many decades, the field of #econ has failed to represent minorities. In this online panel, we will explore some of the root causes for minority misrepresentation, how these can vary across countries and what we can do about it!🏳️🌈More info in our thread:
Closing the #GenderDataGap and our focus month April 🔚 we created an infographic with initiatives and advice on making women more visible in data and eventually closing the gap! If you have feedback on our content this month we'd love to hear from you! #EconTwitter#womeninecon
We all #ChooseToChallenge the status of women in #economics and call out #gender bias & #inequality through our work. At WiE, we seek out & celebrate women’s achievements. Collectively, we can all help to create an inclusive work & research space for all. #IWD2021#ActForEqual
"We are one people."
Nobel Laureate Steven Chu explains why each individual is important in contributing to a better world.
We asked Chu everything you wanted to know about sustainability and climate change – watch our full Q&A: https://t.co/E9rpaCTelM
Do you think that #women in 2020 are equally #represented in the academic, private and public sectors? Our full WiE Index published on October 26th will answer exactly that. Until then, take a sneak peak at the results:
#EconTwitter