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href=\u0022https:\/\/projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu\/en\/events\/upcoming-events\/research-innovation-days\u0022\u003EEuropean Research and Innovation Days\u003C\/a\u003E event in Brussels on 20-21 March 2024.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith women accounting for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/eeas\/lets-hear-it-women-science_en\u0022\u003Eless than a third\u003C\/a\u003E of doctorate graduates in engineering, manufacturing and construction in the EU, European policymakers have pushed gender equality in science to the top of the political agenda.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBig gaps need to be overcome across the continent.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWomen in the EU represent just a quarter of self-employed professional in technical fields including science and are even more underrepresented as inventors with just 10% of patent applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeaky pipe\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EG\u00e1lvez compares the career paths of women in science in Europe to a leaky pipe that ends up discharging them because they hit barriers to advancement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe said the pipe needs to be fixed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022text-center text-blue font-bold text-2xl w-full lg:w-1\/2 border-2 border-blue p-12 my-8 lg:m-12 lg:-ml-16 float-left\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cspan class=\u0022text-5xl rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n  \u003Cp class=\u0022font-serif italic\u0022\u003ETalent is equally distributed by gender but opportunities are not.\u003C\/p\u003E\n  \u003Cfooter\u003E\n    \u003Ccite class=\u0022not-italic font-normal text-sm text-black\u0022\u003EDr Lina G\u00e1lvez\u003C\/cite\u003E\n  \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018We are losing a lot of talent because talent is equally distributed by gender but opportunities are not,\u2019 said G\u00e1lvez, who is vice-chair of the EU Parliament\u2019s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and a member of the Committee on Women\u2019s Rights and Gender Equality.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA social scientist and feminist with a PhD in economic history and institutions, she has drawn lessons from many years of academic and political work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EG\u00e1lvez is the author of scholarly works on feminist economics, austerity and postfeminist empowerment and has been a professor at the University of Reading in the UK and at Charles III University of Madrid in Spain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe has also been a vice-rector of Pablo Olavide University in Seville \u2013 her native city \u2013 and served as a minister for research and universities in the government of Andalusia.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecommended rules\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EG\u00e1lvez urges strong anti-discriminatory regulation in institutions and the labour market in Europe, arguing that gender equality in crucial to getting the EU to next level of science.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile European research has proven its value on numerous fronts, including during the Covid-19 pandemic when scientific discoveries paved the way for new vaccines, she says the stakes keep rising.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018We need science for a better Europe, for a better world, and to face all the challenges we have,\u2019 G\u00e1lvez said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn an interview with Horizon Magazine after R\u0026amp;I Days, she said that diversity is as important as colloboration to the success of EU research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Cooperation is key, aiming for excellence and inclusivity,\u2019 said G\u00e1lvez. \u2018We must advance not just in scientific pursuits and governance for equality and gender parity between men and women but 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