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This article enhances some ideas and opinions related with the challenges that women
across the world face nowadays to pursue a professional career. The route they take has frequent
obstacles of a distinct nature, which are not always comparable with those faced by men. The starting
point of this work is the conclusions of the workshop “Women empowerment and gender equality,
responsible research and innovation”—Research Project “SOILdarity”. This workshop revealed a
diversified view about the subject, evidencing its connection with the social sustainability, with a
special focus on academia and research management. This document introduces the topic in the
context of the workshop, revises key aspects of women’s empowerment in a society still dominated by
men’s opinions and organization (gender balance, obstacles and strategies), highlights the situation
of women in academia and in research management, and gives the authors’ opinions about some
questions related to gender and equality. We conclude that all societal actors must acknowledge
women as key actors in contributing to social sustainability, working together towards creating an
environment where they can have leadership roles.
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women gender and social perception social sustainability research management family and academia non-paid work
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Citation
Ventura, A.M.; Morillas, L.; Martins-Loução, M.A.; Cruz, C. Women’s Empowerment, Research, and Management: Their Contribution to Social Sustainability. Sustainability 2021, 13, 12754. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/su132212754
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MDPI