Gender and science watch system

Definition: A lack of synchrony between the sleep-wake schedule and the desired sleep-wake schedule for the individual's environment, resulting in a complaint of either insomnia or hypersomnia. | Psychogenic inversion of:circadian | nyctohemeral | sleep | rhythm

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empowerment of women

human rights of women | women's human rights

Definition: A disorder characterized by deliberate weight loss, induced and sustained by the patient. It occurs most commonly in adolescent girls and young women, but adolescent boys and young men may also be affected, as may children approaching puberty and older women up to the menopause. The disorder is associated with a specific psychopathology whereby a dread of fatness and flabbiness of body contour persists as an intrusive overvalued idea, and the patients impose a low weight threshold on themselves. There is usually undernutrition of varying severity with secondary endocrine and metabolic changes and disturbances of bodily functi ...[+++]on. The symptoms include restricted dietary choice, excessive exercise, induced vomiting and purgation, and use of appetite suppressants and diuretics.

adrenogenital syndromes, virilizing or feminizing, whether acquired or due to adrenal hyperplasia consequent on inborn enzyme defects in hormone synthesis female:adrenal pseudohermaphroditism | heterosexual precocious pseudopuberty | male:isosexual precocious pseudopuberty | macrogenitosomia praecox | sexual precocity with adrenal hyperplasia | virilization (female)

In a staff working paper published on 15 May 2001[42], the Commission presented the recommendations emerging from the various activities implemented since the communication “Women and science: mobilising women to enrich European research”[43], namely to reinforce the policy forum, enrich the gender watch system and launch complementary research to obtain a better understanding of the “gender and science” issue.

On the eve of International Women's Day, I am especially proud that the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions pay particular attention to gender balance, and with more than 40% of fellowships awarded to female scientists, are the best performing part of Horizon 2020 with respect to gender".

Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor Navracsics, said: "On the eve of International Women's Day, I am especially proud that the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions pay particular attention to gender balance, with more than 40% of fellowships awarded to female scientists”.

On the eve of International Women's Day (8 March), Vice-President Viviane Reding said: "Five decades of European Union action have advanced gender equality on our continent.