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Digital Gender Equality Actions Repository
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30/01/2026, 09:45 - 30/01/2026, 10:00 (Europe/Madrid) (15 minutes)

Digital Gender Equality Actions Repository
Maria Beatriz Silva

Beatriz Silva is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, and a senior researcher at IDMEC/LAETA. Her research focuses on metal forming and advanced manufacturing of lightweight materials, with a strong emphasis on international collaboration. She has authored several publications in these fields and supervises MSc and PhD students. 

Beyond research, she is actively engaged in promoting diversity and gender balance in engineering through her involvement in the Unite! Widening project.


This talk focuses on the Gender Equality Plans Assessment Platform, a service the Agora team co-developed with Beatriz Silva.
This service will support all EU Higher Education Institutions cin creating, updating and implementing their gender equality plan (GEP). It is platform where all the actions pursued by other universities are categorised in a harmonised way. This catalogue shows other institutions what can be achieved and is particularly relevant for widening countries.
When awareness isn’t enough, the Digital Gender Equality Actions Repository turns awareness into action.