书目名称 | Women in Biotechnology | 副标题 | Creating Interfaces | 编辑 | Francesca Molfino,Flavia Zucco | 视频video | | 概述 | View of biotechnology written from women’s perspectives.Aid to help improve scientists’ responsibility to the decision-making processes affecting society at large.Encourages dialogue within interdisci | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | Johannes Klumpers Biotechnologies, such as genetic engineering, cloning and biodiversity, raise many legal and ethical concerns, so it is important that people understand these issues and feel able to express their opinions. This is why the European Commission has been, for a number of years, supporting actions to improve communication among scientists in these diverse areas. The project ‘Women in Biotechnology’ (WONBIT), financed under the 6th Framework programme of the European Commission, is an excellent example of what can be done to target opinion-formers such as scientists, economists and lawyers in bottom-up activities, and to encourage a debate on gender issues triggered by developments in the life sciences. WONBIT gave rise to a successful international conference highlighting the importance of adopting good practices and ethical considerations in parallel with the rapid pace of progress in biotechnology – from a woman’s point of view. In particular, the conference addressed women in decision-making positions in b- technology with specific reference to scientific excellence, social competencies and management qualities as well as issues relating to environment, society and | 出版日期 | Book 2008 | 关键词 | Gender; biodiversity; bioethics; biology; biopolitics; biotechnology; environment; feminism; gene transfer; g | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8611-3 | isbn_softcover | 978-90-481-7933-6 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4020-8611-3 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 |
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