Report on positive actions of the Guarantee Committee (CUG) 2018

Education, awareness and communication activities

Learning activities

Education cycle - Empowerment - Empower people and support leadership at individual and group levels

Dates and Supervisors: 12 October (Dina Guglielmi), 19 October (Guido Sarchielli), 16 November (Daniele Malaguti).

No. Unibo participants: 326

Profile: TA personnel (95%), teachers (4%), other (1%) (research fellows, tutors, PhD students, temporary teachers)

Gender: women (79%), men (21%)

Affiliation: General Administration (61%), departments (39%)

No. external participants: 27

CUG members of the following administrations: Council of Bologna, Ravenna, Rimini, the Provinces of Forlì-Cesena, Rimini, the Bologna local health authority, the S.Orsola University Public Hospital, and the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute.

Satisfaction (results of the questionnaire submitted to internal Unibo staff):

  • Response rate: 33% (95% TA personnel, 5% teachers)
  • Results: the seminars met expectations (96%), increased  knowledge of the topic of empowerment (96%) and their content will be used in future work activities (85%).

Communication activities

"Misogyny 2.0 - Hate speech and gender violence over the internet", seminar organised in collaboration with Alma Gender IRT

Date and location: 23 November, Accademia delle Scienze, Bologna

No. participants: 49 (of which 33% external)

  • Gender: women (88%), men (12%);
  • Profile: TA personnel (31%), students (20%), teachers and research fellows (12%), external (33%), other/not indicated (4%).

Violence against women: contrasting actions in culture, everydaylife and the workplace”, seminar organised in collaboration with the CUG of the Province of Forlì- Cesena, the CUG of the AUSL of Romagna, the Advisor for Equal Opportunities of the Province

Date and location: 6 December, Ex Sala del Consiglio della Provincia, Forlì

No. participants: 18

  • Gender: women (94%), men (6%);
  • Affiliation: Province of Forlì- Cesena, AUSL of Romagna, CNA, ENAIP, IRECO.

Continuous updating of the section of the University website dedicated to CUG

Total page views* 14,819

Individual page views* 12,452

* Data collected through Web Analytics software used by the University Web Portal Unit: Google Analytics and Google Urchin 7, in the period of observation corresponding to the 2018 calendar year.

Research grants and awards for cultural initiatives related to the functions with which the CUG is concerned

2 awards for second-cycle degree and combined bachelor's and master’s degrees for graduates in academic year 2016/17

Total candidates: 42

Gender: women (79%), men (21%)

School of origin (of the 36 complete applications): Political science (19%), Arts, Humanities and Cultural Heritage (14%), Economy, Management and Statistics (17%), Psychology and the Science of Education (19%), Law (11%), Languages, Literatures, Translation and Interpreting (11%), Medicine (3%), Pharmacy, Biotechnology, and Motor Science (6%).

1 scholarship to participate in the summer school “Violence against women and gender violence. History and counteraction from the modern age to date”, organised by Società Italiana delle Storiche (SIS - Italian Society of Gender Historians) Edition 2018 

Total candidates: 120

Gender: women (89%), men (11%)

Profile: students (96%), TA personnel (3%), PhD students (1%).

Measures to promote and protect equal opportunities and measures to promote internal and external networking

Collection and analysis of gender-disaggregated data and annual publication of the Gender Equality Report

Promotion of and participation in the team that prepared the University of Bologna's Gender Equality Report 2017.

The document sets out the University Gender Inequality Index (UGII), an innovative gender index formulated by a multidisciplinary team working in the Alma Mater, the purpose of which is to express, through a single value, the gap between the gender situation revealed by the University and a situation of perfect parity. This index also provides policy indications, enabling analysis of the significant areas of interest within the University and making it possible to identify both strengths and the weaknesses that require investment in order to improve the University’s position.

Italian version of the Gender Equality Report 

English version of the Gender Equality Report

Collaboration on the implementation of the University's Gender Equality Plan 2017/2020 and periodic checks on its progress

More specifically:

Implementation of actions aimed at promoting the effective adoption of a language that respects but does not negate gender differences

Participation in the Technical-Scientific Committee tasked with preparing guidelines on the University's gender language, established under the supervision of the Vice-Rector for Human Resources.

Participation in national teams, networking initiatives and the exchange of good practices on CUG matters

Exchange of good practices with the CUG of the Province of Forlì-Cesena, the Bologna and Ravenna local health authority, the IOR, the Sant’Orsola University Public Hospital, the Universities of Perugia, Ferrara, Modena and Reggio Emilia, and Polytechnics of Marche, Bergamo, and Padova.

Continuation of the collaborative relationship established with the Alma Gender Integrated Research Team (IRT) and the opening of new channels for discussion and synergy with the CUGs of other universities and public bodies, with a view to promoting initiatives related to the functions pertinent to the Committee.

Participation in the Gender Equality Report sub-group established by the CRUI Group of Delegates and presentation of the report entitled “Gender Equality Report, policies, actions and projects to promote equal opportunities: the integrated logic of the University of Bologna” during the seminar entitled “Gender Equality Reports in the University System” (22 November, MIUR – Department of Higher Education).

Measures to promote occupational well-being and maintenance of the work-life balance

Promotion and publication of informative material aimed at raising awareness among Unibo personnel of the existing services

Publication of the brochure “The network of services for people working at the University of Bologna”.

Presentations addressed to University personnel:

““The network of services for people working at the University of Bologna”
Date and location: 26.11.2018, Sala VIII Centenario, Rectorate, Bologna
No. of registered participants: 81

Gender: women (86%), men (14%)

Profile: TA personnel (95%), teachers (5%)

Affiliation: General Administration (68%), departments (32%).

 

“A presentation by the CUG of the Positive Action Plan 2018/2021 at the Romagna Campus”

Date and location: 26 July, at the Campuses of Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, Rimini
No. participants: 36

Gender: women (83%), men (17%)

Distribution of participants by Campus: Cesena (28%), Forlì (31%), Ravenna (28%), Rimini (13%).

Collaboration on the surveys conducted by the University of its personnel

Participation in the working group tasked with analysing matters associated with the risk of work-related stress, established under the supervision of the Vice-Rector for Human Resources.

Annual award for sociocultural initiatives aimed at promoting occupational well-being

Recipients: permanent and temporary TA personnel at the University, CEL and fixed term foreign language assistants.

Budget allocated for implementation of the project: 2,000 euros.

Indices and main activities carried out in 2018:

  • Drafting the text “Propose and vote for a good idea for the work environment in Unibo”, 2018 edition (notice published by APOS on 15/1/2019).

Promotion of dialogue and the exchange of ideas related to the topic of work-life balance

The CUG has encouraged dialogue and the exchange of ideas with the University figures and structures that are working towards equal opportunities, occupational well-being and work-life balance.