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About the Summits
The Gender Summit is creating regional and global multi-stakeholder communities committed to enhancing scientific excellence by: removing gender bias from science knowledge making; advancing gender equality in science structures and practices; and applying understanding of gender issues to advance more sustainable and effective research and innovation.

The specific objectives are:

Develop national, regional and global communities as agents of change
Develop evidence-based consensus on the actions needed and the ways of implementing them in specific national or regional contexts
Demonstrate positive effects of gender balance and gender diversity in research and innovation process
Demonstrate how integrating gender dimension in research and innovation content improves quality of results and outcomes
Promote gender aware solutions to societal problems, e.g. urban quality; human adaptation and climate change; food security; transport and mobility.

The overarching theme of the events is "Quality Research and Innovation through Equality". They are not-for-profit events established in 2011 as part of the genSET project, coordinated by Portia Ltd.

The event was established in 2011 in Europe and has since expanded across the world: GS1 Eu, GS2 Eu, GS3 North America, GS4 Eu, GS5 Africa, GS6 Asia-Pacific and GS7 Eu. Summits are planned in Mexico City, Montreal, Tokyo, and Ethiopia in the coming two years.