Fahrenheit Universities Women's Club

The first open meeting of the Fahrenheit Universities Women’s Club will take place on 20th of November at 4 p.m. in the Aula of the Gdańsk University of Technology. The event is aimed at those interested in the Association’s activities.

The Fahrenheit Universities Women’s Club was established in June this year, and its main objectives are to carry out activities for cooperation and exchange of experiences, to build awareness around equality issues, and to provide mutual support. The chairperson is Professor Ewa Łojkowska from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG & MUG. The initiative brings together employees of the Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk University of Technology and Gdańsk University.

Event programme

• Understanding gender gaps in the labour market – Prof. Ewa Lechman from the Department of Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology will give a lecture inspired by the work of this year’s Nobel Prize winner in economics Prof. Claudia Goldin

• Could today’s Fahrenheit be a woman? On the necessity of investing in gender equality in the HEI environment – lecture by Dr. Habil. Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka Assoc. Prof., Head of the Department of Intercultural Psychology and Psychology of Type at the University of Gdańsk, and Magdalena Żadkowska, Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology of Everyday Life at the University of Gdańsk

• Networking