Gender Equality Plan

During the session held on September 28th 2022, the Senate of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University adopted the Gender Equality Plan (Resolution No. 25 – 19.27/22 of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Senate of September 28th 2022 on implementation of the Gender Equality Plan).

The work on the Gender Equality Plan began in March 2022, when the Gender Equality Team at the UMCS was appointed, composed of the following members:

  1. Prof. dr hab.Wiesław I. Gruszecki - Chairman of the Gender Equality Plan Team at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Vice-Rector for Science and International Cooperation;
  2. Prof. dr hab. Dorota Kołodyńska - Vice-Rector for Students and Quality of Education;
  3. Prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Dudka - Academic Ombudsperson;
  4. Mgr Agnieszka Krukowska – Director of the Human and Payroll Centre;
  5. Mgr Alicja Borzęcka-Szajner – Director of the Centre for Education and Studies;
  6. Mgr Diana Szczepańska – Acting Director of the Centre for International Cooperation;
  7. Dr hab. Agnieszka Lewicka-Zelent (Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology);
  8. Dr hab. Barbara Tomczyk (Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology);
  9. Dr Agnieszka Ziętek (Faculty of Political Science and Journalism);
  10. Dr Ewa Trojanowska (Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology);
  11. Dr Justyna Rynkiewicz (Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology);
  12. Mgr Urszula Wojtczak-Kokoszkiewicz (Office for Analysis and Quality of Education);
  13. Mgr Ewa Majewska (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Doctoral Students' Self Government)
  14. Mgr Anita Sobczyk-Adamska – Secretary of the Team (Centre for International Cooperation)

Since its appointment the Team has held sessions cyclically via MS Teams platform. In the first phase of the Gender Equality Plan’s preparation (the assessment phase), persons engaged in substantial work determined what type of data will be necessary for establishing a Plan most appropriate for University’s needs.

The data focuses around 5 areas:

1) Management bodies and decision making bodies,

2) Gender equality in the recruitment and career development process,

3) Integration of work and personal life,

4) Gender equality in curricula and research,

5) Activities undertaken by UMCS bodies to promote gender equality.

After a thorough analysis of the gathered data and discussions of the members of the Team on the topic, a list of recommended activities pertaining to the aforementioned areas was drawn up.

The work on the Plan was concluded in September this year. We encourage you to read the document below: