1997 CGIAR human resources survey : international staffing at the CGIAR Centers with a focus on gender
Merrill-Sands, Deborah
In 1991, the CGIAR Gender Program carried out a human resources survey of internationally-recruited staff in the centers with gender disaggregated data to establish a base-line of quantitative information. At the request of the CGIAR members and the Director Generals, the same survey was conducted again in 1994 and most recently in June 1997 in order to monitor changes that have occurred since 1991. This paper summarizes the key observations emerging from the analysis of the 1997 data and compares it with the 1991 base-line data with respect to the profile of international staff as a whole, and the profile of female as compared to male staff. The analysis of the current international staffing profile in comparison with that in 1991 shows a decline of 8 percent in total numbers over the past six years. The number, and relative percentage, of senior and principal scientists has declined while the employment of younger scientists, postdoctoral fellows, locally-recruited scientists, and consultants has increased. With respect to gender, the quantitative data show good progress in increasing the participation of internationally-recruited women scientists and professionals within the CGIAR System. On the other hand, the data also indicate a higher rate of attrition for women, which needs to be monitored, as it may signal constraints for women in the work environment of the centers, particularly as they move up the hierarchy.
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