She Figures 2021, the main source of pan European, comparable statistics on the state of gender equality in research and innovation still reports that women remain underrepresented in senior leadership positions of higher education and research.
Given the statistics, EWORA launches its project "Careers Beyond the Glass Ceiling: European Women Rectors on the Map" (EWR-MAP) that was initiated in January 2022. This project aims to literally put Women Rectors on the map with the aim of raising the visibility of women in academia who cracked the glass ceiling in academia that is still a "gendered sphere". For more details please refer to the following link: https://www.ewora.org/rectors