WSIS Forum 2018

High-Level Track Presentation

(I wrote this 3 years ago to present at the ITU World Summit on the Internet Society.)

WSIS Forum 2018: High-Level Track Outcomes and Executive Brief

Statement by Ms. Maya Plentz, European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, High Level Group of Experts, Innovation Policy Advisor

Link to full document.

How to make sure women researchers receive public funding?

There is a substantial amount of funding available by government agencies such as the NIH, NSF, DARPA, and e-DARPA in the US, various multilateral organisations, as well as the European Commission Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. Trillions of public funds, tax-payers money, that mostly fund startups and research led by men.

Consider this: women constitute 1/2 of the population of most countries, if not slightly more, they pay taxes, they do unpaid labour care for relatives, they work in less well-paid fields, and then when they are paid, they receive on average 70 cents to the dollar.

And on top…