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In its pursuit of sustainable development, equal opportunities, and best practices, the University of Tartu adopted a Gender Equality Plan at the end of 2021. The plan, spanning 2022¨C2025, focuses on four strategic goals:

(1) to enhance the members¡¯ awareness of gender equality and to show its connections with the university¡¯s main activities (teaching and studies, research, service to society)

(2) to promote gender equality among the members through;

(2.1) gender-responsive recruitment, creating equal career opportunities, career counselling and mentorship,

(2.2) reducing the gender pay gap

(2.3) creating flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance;

(3) to involve, in a balanced way, employees of both genders in governing bodies and decision-making;

(4) to promote an organizational culture that values the equal treatment of all members, incl. to improve the members¡¯ awareness of equal treatment and sexual harassment,to focus on preventing and solving of problems.

Contributed by: Ester Oras, University of Tartu, Estonia