Gender Reporting Guidelines in Italian Public Universities for Assessing SDG 5 in the International Context

Abstract

Gender equity is a topic of significant interest for universities, who are called upon to plan strategies and measures to increase gender equality in line with international policies. With a qualitative methodology based on manual content analysis, the paper aims to understand whether and how this report could positively assess a university’s actions for reaching SDG 5. This study’s results show that the CRUI guidelines can be used by universities to disclose gender policies that may be of interest to stakeholders, and can also be synthesized in THE ranking, increasing university visibility. The present study could be helpful for universities, regulatory bodies, policy makers, and agency rankings to help them identify the most relevant gender items on which to focus their attention.

Gender Budgeting as a Dynamic Monitoring Tool for Gender Diversity Management in Universities

“…Although the causes vary in different national contexts, gender inequality in academia is a global phenomenon (Piva and Rovelli, 2022). Given all this, GB represents a tool that universities increasingly use to consider the womens' priorities and needs and demonstrate a commitment to pursuing gender equality (Addabbo et al, 2015;Bilyk et al, 2021;Lucchese et al, 2022).…”

“…Gender inequality in academic careers is, in fact, a global phenomenon, although the causes and consequences vary in different national contexts (Piva and Rovelli, 2022). One tool increasingly used by universities to demonstrate their commitment to pursuing gender equality is the gender budget, a document that assesses and restructures budget items considering women's priorities and needs as well as those of men (Addabbo et al, 2015;Bilyk et al, 2021;Lucchese et al, 2022). This paper aims to investigate whether and how gender budget can communicate the evolution of the gender diversity management approach.…”

Corporate Social Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement, and Universities

“…The second paper "Gender Reporting Guidelines in Italian Public Universities for Assessing SDG 5 in the International Context" by Lucchese et al (2022) analyzes the Gender Report of the Italian Public Universities. Through a content analysis, the authors aim to understand whether and how CRUI (Italian's Rector conference)-compliant gender reports can positively assess the university's actions toward SDG 5.…”

“…They can be considered small cities due to their dimensions, the high number of students and employees engaged, and the magnitude of their institutional activities that exert direct and indirect social and environmental effects on the ecosystem (Lopatta and Jaeschke 2014;del Mar Alonso-Almeida et al 2015;Nicolò et al 2021). Therefore, along with the three canonic missions of teaching, research, and technology transfer universities, a fourth mission has emerged, requiring universities to collaborate with civil society, industry and government to ensure society's progression towards sustainable development (Trencher et al 2014;Nicolò et al 2021;Lucchese et al 2022). Universities have been called to integrate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability pillars in their curricula to prepare future leaders and decision-makers to contribute to driving the transition toward a more sustainable society (del Mar Alonso-Almeida et al 2015;Di Tullio et al 2021;Venturelli et al 2021).…”

Non-Financial Communication in Health Care Companies: A Framework for Social and Gender Reporting

“…The paper is mainly addressed to the managers of the health companies, who will be able to draw inspiration from the proposed framework for the drafting of social and gender reports of health facilities. The correct implementation of the report will allow for managers to improve the performance of their structures, in order to achieve an effective social and gender balance [49]. Other recipients are academics, who may consider this framework a starting point for further work, consultants who support health structures and, generally, the PA in providing responses to stakeholder instances.…”