Decisión XXIX/8: Recomendación de las Partes a continuar revisando la Política de Género en los proyectos y actividades del IAI

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) has developed a revised Gender, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (GEDI) Policy for its scientific projects and capacity-building activities. This policy aims to integrate equity and diversity into the IAI's regional research and policy efforts, specifically targeting the inclusion of underrepresented groups such as women, indigenous peoples, and LGBTQ+ individuals to improve the quality of science and public policy regarding global change.

• The IAI's revised Gender, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy expands its scope beyond gender to include 'interseccionalidad en acciones y objetivos, inclusión del equilibrio intergeneracional y conceptos más detallados de equidad, diversidad e inclusión'.
• The policy identifies several underrepresented groups in science, including 'mujeres, los pueblos indígenas, las personas con discapacidades, los miembros de minorías visibles/grupos racializados y los miembros de las comunidades LGBTQ+'.
• Data on IAI-supported scientific projects reveals a gender gap: between 2002 and 2021, women served as principal investigators (PIs) in only 29% of projects (22 out of 75) in Collaborative Research Networks and Small Grants Programs, while women in all roles accounted for 36% (194 out of 527).
• IAI capacity-building activities show higher female participation; between 2012 and 2019, women professionals made up 51.5% (467 out of 906) of participants across 24 training events.
• The policy establishes five primary objectives: promoting EDI in science, integrating EDI into IAI activities, reducing biases in project selection and program development, creating an inclusive research environment, and increasing regional capacities to improve EDI in sciences.
• Implementation measures include adding EDI clauses to contracts and grant agreements, providing EDI training for peer review panels to address 'sesgo inconsciente', and developing mentorship programs for scientists from underrepresented groups.
• The IAI proposes the creation of a 'Comité de Género y Equidad, Diversidad e Inclusión' to develop and implement activities under the policy and report achievements at the 31st Conference of the Parties.
• The policy maintains a zero-tolerance stance toward 'intimidación basada en características protegidas, el racismo o el acoso sexual', noting that violations may lead to the termination of contracts or financial support.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2022). Decisión XXIX/8: Recomendación de las Partes a continuar revisando la Política de Género en los proyectos y actividades del IAI. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-CoP-30-9-es.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Decisión XXIX/8: Recomendación de las Partes a continuar revisando la Política de Género en los proyectos y actividades del IAI. 2022. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-CoP-30-9-es.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2022decisin, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Decisión XXIX/8: Recomendación de las Partes a continuar revisando la Política de Género en los proyectos y actividades del IAI}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-CoP-30-9-es.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }