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IZOLDA TAKÁCS: THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY
In light of this, I personally think that such transformation of the election
system without a stronger regulation on the female guota would not be a
sufficient condition to change the current absurd situation. Today out of the 760
full, correspondent, external and honorary members of the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences, only 36 are women (which means 4.73%). Among the 364 regular
members of the Academy only 20 full and 4 correspondent members are women
(6.59%).1°°
Female quota versus slow change?°°
— quota pro and contra
As we have mentioned previously, to facilitate the Academy’s function in a
more democratic way, introducing the female quota could mean a possible
solution. Miklós Hadas, a doctor of MTA brought up the idea of introducing
the quota that applies in case of equal accomplishments, or a form of it that
could — in his opinion — be a crucial instrument in creating an Academy that
is free of discrimination.
[...] in the case of equal accomplishments — I think it would be worth considering
even applying positive discrimination with women. More than that, I am supporting
the gradual implementation of a quota system, and by that I mean considering the
different institutional levels and the time factors as well. On the level of academics
it is apparent that applying the mandatory and immediate gender quotas would be
impossible. At the same time, beginning to apply the one third gender quota would
be a way to start on the level of corporate members and that of various academic
committees so much more, as this — fortunately — has already been prevailing in
some panels in the present.”
Magdolna Hargittai, author of Nők a tudományban határok nélkül (Women
in science without borders] suggested the same solution.*”
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Somogyi: Alkalmasak-e a magyar nök, 862.
“This has been like this so far; the 0.17% yearly growth in the ratio of women members during
the past 25 years cannot be considered fast [...] By the current mechanisms, if we could keep
the pace of electing women of the past 25 years (for which we have no proof), the ratio of
women at the Academy would reach 30% only in 2150. But even the proportion of 30% would
not reflect the measure with which women assisted to the progress of sciences.” Somogyi, P.:
A számok beszélnek [Numbers talk], Magyar Tudomány [Hungarian Science] 178, 2017/5,
627-630.
Hadas: Az MTA és a férfiuralom, 1393.
Hargittai: Korlátozott pozitív diszkrimináció.
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