The NEA efforts were highlighted at the OECD Forum on Gender Equality and the International Conference on Nuclear Security.

On the occasion of International Women's Day Friday 8 March, the NEA asked women what they most enjoy about working in the nuclear sector. 

On 11-12 October 2023, the NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector (GB-TG) met in Paris to discuss ongoing work and future activities.

38 OECD countries formally adopt the Recommendation of the Council on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector.

The Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy convened on 20-21 April in Paris.

NEA organises a mentoring workshop in the United Kingdom on International Women's Day.

Improving gender balance in nuclear

Female scientists and engineers pioneered the nuclear and radiological fields, with leaders and innovators such as Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Lise Meitner, among many others, establishing the foundat...

Female scientists and engineers pioneered the nuclear and radiological fields, with leaders and innovators such as Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Lise Meitner, among many others, establishing the foundat...

Gender balance policy framework approved

NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy biannual meeting took place on 20-21 October 2022.

The GB-TG discussed the latest data, actions and objectives as part of their mission to improve gender balance in the nuclear energy sector. 

NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector met to make progress on a forthcoming report on gender balance in the nuclear sector.

The NEA’s ruling body the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy met for its143rd biannual meeting in April 2022.

NEA work on improving gender balance in the nuclear energy sector

Delegates to the NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector met on 14 February 2022

The task group met virtually for the fourth high-level NEA meeting on improving gender balance.

The NEA is working with its member countries to promote gender balance and the development of female leaders in the nuclear energy sector so as to ensure a robust, diverse and sustainable nuclear wor...

Public surveys on women’s experiences in the nuclear energy sector and the use of the AOP framework in radiation research and regulation.

The NEA convened a high-level meeting on 20 April 2021 to discuss survey instruments for data collection on women’s presence in the nuclear energy sector.

In follow-up to the first formal meeting of the group held on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science in February, the NEA convened a second meeting on 25 March 2021 to discuss and explor...

Exploratory Meeting on Improving the Gender Balance in Nuclear Energy, 10-11 December 2019