AMIRES is delighted to share the 2024 Gender Equality Plan (GEP) Report and its new GEP!

AMIRES initial Gender Equality Plan (GEP) Report was published in 2022, setting internal and external strategies with clear targets and contribute to Gender Equality.

In general, AMIRES is reaching its defined targets of this GEP.

For example, as part of the internal strategy, 47% of speakers and moderators were women in the events organised by AMIRES during 2024, having 40% as a target. Other fulfilled targets were a) No bias in language and visual identity was identified in public content created by AMIRES b) no pay gaps within AMIRES employees and c) continuous meetings between the Gender Equality Board and AMIRES management.

Regarding the external strategy,within projects in implementation phase, in which AMIRES participates as project manager and/or communication & dissemination manager, the percentage of women in leading positions, such as coordinators, work package leaders and advisory board members, increased in the period from 2022 to 2024 overall.

However, despite this, the ambitious target set in the GEP were not reached: 24 % coordinators (target of 30%), 30% Work Package leaders (target of 40%), and 23% of advisory board members (target of 30%) are female. According to the European Union report published in early 2025, in Horizon Europe projects, 31% of coordinators are female.

In case of the project proposals for which AMIRES provides active support, had similar numbers of female coordinators and other leading positions when compared with 2022 analysis, and no significant progress was made.

However, a development to be highlighted is the improvement in the awareness of the use of inclusive language and gender-neutral visuals in materials within AMIRES team, as well as the continued absence of negative comments from evaluators on gender aspects in project proposals.

Another achievement was the establishment of a podcast “In Her Shoes” spotlighting women in science and technology, providing role models for other women.

Nevertheless, AMIRES finds room for improvement when it comes to avoiding zero representation of women in leading positions in ongoing projects, and keeping a good proportion of speakers and panellists in events organized by AMIRES.

Therefore, based on these results, new targets and new actions will be taken as part of the updated AMIRES GEP. You can find here the AMIRES Gender Equality Plan (GEP) Report and the GEP 2025.

Further actions will be tested to achieve the targets set out in the new AMIRES GEP and reach Gender Equality!

Stay tuned on our social media and website for more updates!