Equity and diversity
The ED working group was created to inform, exchange, and raise awareness about issues relating to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) within our unit. Its aim is to propose concrete avenues for improving our professional environment in order to build a unit and a scientific community where everyone has a place and can flourish. The group is committed to identifying and challenging systemic barriers that have historically excluded marginalised communities, in an ethical and inclusive manner.
The working group (WG) is open to (and composed of) all categories of staff within the
unit, regardless of:
• Contract status (fixed-term, permanent),
• Contract duration,
• Professional level (intern, doctoral student, apprentice, researcher, technical and administrative staff),
• Supervisory body (UM, IRD, CNRS, INRAE),
• Place of assignment.
Everyone is free to participate in meetings and discussions according to their availability, with no obligation.
If you are interested in proposing or participating in actions on this topic, please contact gt-equite-diversite-mivegec@listes.ird.fr. The group is currently led by two coordinators, whom you can also contact: marie.buysse@ird.fr and silvain.pinaud@ird.fr.
If several resources are accessible on this page, unit staff are reminded that all documents linked and shared by the group are available in the dedicated shared folder – click here for more information.
Ressources
1. Inclusive writing
Séminaire du 01/02/2024 présenté par Léo VARNET ” compréhension du masculin générique et de l’écriture inclusive : quelque données empiriques “
Abstract :
Psycholinguistics is the science concerned with the understanding of language by the human brain. Since the 2000s, this discipline has focused in particular on the treatment of the generic masculine and, more recently, on inclusive writing. Experimental data unambiguously indicate that reading generic masculine forms generates a bias in favor of masculine mental representations, while the use of different inclusive writing strategies seems to be able to mitigate these biases. In this presentation, I will describe the methods and results of these studies before quickly discussing the possible consequences of these findings in everyday life.
Is there any point in inclusive writing? What evidence?
Articles :
– Conseils pratiques pour une écriture non sexiste
– Le masculin et ses multiples sens : Un problème pour notre cerveau…et notre société
– The effect of language on performance: do gendered languages fail women in maths ?
– L’écriture inclusive par-delà le point médian
2. Stéréotypes : powerful cognitive biases – Isabelle Régner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d5QH8t_pMw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnAS_PFq5pY
3. Prévention LGBTphobies
–PrideMonth 14 06 2024 results