AN ACTION PLAN FOR PROFESSIONAL EQUALITY

An equality charter was signed in 2013 by the Ministries of Women's Rights and Higher Education, Research and Innovation. Since then, mobilized in favor of professional gender diversity and equality, ENS de Lyon has formalized its commitments in an initial Action Plan for Professional Equality between Women and Men for the period 2021-2023. In 2024, a project committee met to enrich this action plan. The 2024-2026 Action Plan was presented to the governing bodies and validated by the Board of Directors on December 12, 2024.

The 2024-2026 professional equality action plan comprises 114 actions divided into 7 areas:

• Governance, steering and monitoring of the professional equality policy
• Assessment, prevention and treatment of pay gaps between women and men.
• Ensuring equal access to jobs and professional responsibilities.
• Balancing private and professional life, and supporting parenthood.
• Quality of life at work, working conditions and occupational health from a gender perspective.
• Equality issues in the quality of student life.
• Prevention and handling of reports of discrimination, moral harassment, sexist and sexual violence and LGBT+phobia.

Download the Equality Plan 2024-2026

Equality Officer

As part of the Action Plan for Professional Equality voted by the boards, ENS de Lyon has committed to recruiting an equality officer.
Florence Françon has joined ENS de Lyon in this position on October 11, 2021.

The equality officer will contribute to the development of the measures to fight against gender-based violence and discrimination, and more globally, to strengthen the actions implemented for equality within the ENS de Lyon.

Gender equality advisors

ENS de Lyon has appointed representatives for gender equality. The goals of the representatives are defined within the framework of the Equality Charter signed in 2013 by the ministries of women's rights and higher education and research. They focus on four major objectives to:

• transfer a culture of equality and contribute to the development and implementation of the Equality Plan, in close contact with the Equal Opportunities Officer.
• prepare students to develop in their professional environments.
• be a member of the counseling system set up in connection with the reporting of gender-based and sexual violence and any form of harassment or discrimination and be part of the action committee and the Gender-based Anti-Sexual Violence Prevention Commission.
• commit to greater diversity in certain sectors.
• ensure a general climate of respect.   

The advisors are strongly involved in the established scheme to combat sexist and sexual violence at the School. An equality officer coordinates all the measures put into place.

For more information please read the engagement letter for Gender Equality advisors (In French).

Measures in favour of equal access to different sectors and careers

For 4 years, ENS de Lyon has been actively supporting the operation "Science, a women's profession" led by the Aslan LabEx (laboratory of excellence) in partnership with the non-profit organization “Femmes & Sciences”. This program is carried out on International Women's Day, with high schools, to fight against gender stereotypes in girls' future career choices.

The School has many faculty members involved in various associations to promote scientific careers for girls. Its recruitment and career management policy is working on reaching gender parity at various levels of researchers and faculty’s 

careers.