Common use of Selection Committees Clause in Contracts

Selection Committees. Women in selection committees are an active field of intervention in some partner organizations; various regulations are in place, like the committee should have at least one woman, always two women or 30% women. It was reported that women often reject to be nominated due to higher workload and because they are not accepting to be selected only based on their sex. Then again, to make the selection more attractive and to increase the impact of nominees, women should be empowered before joining committees and could be invited for gender and/or negotiation training. To compensate for time loss due to committee obligations, different regulations exist, like providing a research aid or reducing teaching obligations. It was also argued that committee work should be better valued in the CVs. Critical Friend’s ideas / recommendations: 🡺 GENERA should offer trainings for female committee members. 🡺 GENERA should create a network for recruitment of women from external institutions to avoid that women are overloaded in one institution as members of selection committees.