Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 23 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 40 members in total.

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UK RESOURCE CENTRE FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

That this House welcomes two initiatives of the UK Resource Centre (UKRC) for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) to encourage employers and organisations to stimulate and develop initiatives to support and retain women; believes that women play a vital part in the SET sector, but regrets that to date women only make up 15.5 per cent. of SET professionals in the UK and still only make up less than seven per cent. of the UK's engineering professionals; welcomes the launch of the SET Fair Standard, an award that recognises and rewards good practice in gender equality across all SET sectors, and the Athena Swan Charter, the equivalent award for universities which is jointly managed by the UKRC and the Equality Challenge Unit; believes that these two initiatives will further enhance the position of women in science, engineering and technology and their contribution to the UK's economy; considers that these awards should be a key accreditation for any forward-looking employer; and congratulates UKRC on its launch in the week commencing 22 March 2010 of the Women of Outstanding Achievement in a SET photographic exhibition at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1173 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Glenda Jackson

Lynne Jones

Ronnie Campbell

Martin Caton

Subjects

Science

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk