These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 7th International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2024), hosted by The Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain on 25-26 April 2024. The Conference Chair was Professor Carmen-Pilar Martí Ballester, from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. ICGR is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 7th year the key aim of this diverse conference is to provide an opportunity for participants from different backgrounds and cultures to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers ensured an interesting two days. The subjects covered in these proceedings illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.

The status of women in the creative and cultural industries remains precarious. This comparative analysis provides insights from seven key economies to help understand progress towards gender equality in culture and the arts and the broader cultural economy. With empirical and policy analysis spanning Europe and the US, the authors investigate the extent to which gender equality has entered the mainstream along dimensions of leadership, access and awards, pay and pension gaps, work-life balance, and the monitoring of gender equality. While many of the structural barriers have been erased, countries differ significantly in how much gender equality has been achieved in the creative economy and how much female talent is lost and unrecognized. This book is essential reading for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners across the human and social sciences, especially those involved with arts management and the creative or cultural economy more broadly.

These proceedings represent the work of researchers participating in the International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2018) which is being hosted this year by the ISCAP in Porto, Portugal on 12-13 April 2018. ICGR is a new event on the international research conferences calendar and provides a valuable platform for individuals to present their research findings, display their work in progress and discuss conceptual and empirical advances in the areas surrounding Gender Research. It provides an important opportunity for researchers across a diverse range of fields all looking at aspects relating to Gender to come together with peers to share their varied and valuable experiences. The first day will be opened with a keynote presentation by Bruce I Newman from DePaul University in Chicago, USA who will address the topic Gender and Democracy. In the afternoon, there will be an additional keynote address on Empowering women in the IT/IS research: the importance of role models given by Isabel Ramos from, University of Minho, Portugal. The second day of the conference will be opened by Paola Paoloni from "NiccolÒ Cusano" University, Rome, Italy. Paola will be talking about A Relational Capital Dimension in Universities. In this event, participants will have the opportunity to have access to the latest research and developments concerning Gender Research and after an initial submission of 180 Abstracts, there will be 62 Research Papers, 8 PhD Research Papers, 2 Masters Papers, 1 Non-Academic and 4 Work in Progress Paper published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent truly global research in the field, with contributions from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, UAE, UK and USA.

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to 2nd International Conference on Gender Research (ICGR 2019), hosted by Ipazia, the Scientific Observatory on Gender Issues and Roma Tre University, Rome on 11 - 12 April 2019. The Conference Chair is Professor Paola Paoloni, La Sapienza University, and the Programme Chairs are Professor Mauro Paoloni and Professor Simona Arduini, from Roma Tre University. Ipazia, the Scientific Observatory on Gender Issues, aims to build a comprehensive and continuously updated framework of research, services, projects, and initiatives related to women that define the feminine condition at local, national and international levels. The observatory is working towards these objectives by facilitating workshops, seminars, conferences, studies, scientific laboratories on gender studies. ICGR is now in its 2nd year and the key aim remains, the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days with researchers coming from a diverse range of backgrounds. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research. The opening keynote presentation is given by Karmen Jelčic, CEO, Intellectual Capital Center in Croatia - Empowering Women Through IC: A Croatian case study. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Dragana Djermanovic, CEO Pepper Consulting Group, Novi Sad, Serbia - Female Entrepreneurship in the Digital era. With an initial submission of 235 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 83 Academic research papers, 12 PhD research papers, 3 Masters Research papers and 1 work-in-progress paper published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Vietnam and Zambia.