Women at the IAEA

1. women at
the iaea

2. The IAEA is the world’s center of cooperation in the nuclear field.
It was set up as the world’s „Atoms for Peace“ organization in 1957
within the United Nations family.
The Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide
to promote safe, secure and peaceful global development of nuclear technologies.
http://recruitment.iaea.org

3. women at the iaea

4. contents 04 introduction from 25 Jobs at the iaea
the director General
26 the iaea:
05 about the iaea workinG for women
worldwide
06 ProGrammes of the iaea
27 annex 1:
08 women in the iaea member states
secretariat of the iaea
10 iaea focal Points for 28 annex 2:
Gender concerns iaea orGanizational
chart
11 Profiles of iaea women
21 measures aimed at
increasinG the
rePresentation of women
23 work/life balance
24 emPloyment oPPortunities
at the iaea
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5. introduction Women have been at the forefront of bring the benefits of peaceful nuclear
nuclear science since the very begin- technology to developing countries.
ning. Marie Curie shared the 1903
from the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discove- They are helping to combat food pests
director General ry of radioactivity and won an unpre- and develop new, robust strains of rice
cedented second Nobel Prize – for and grains, to improve the management
chemistry – in 1911 for her discovery of water resources, to fight cancer and
of polonium and radium. to protect the environment.
You can read some of their stories in
Women have remained under-repre- the coming pages.
sented in the nuclear sciences as a
whole since then, but we at the Inter- The IAEA, which won its own Nobel
national Atomic Energy Agency have Prize – for peace, in 2005 – is a great
been working hard to increase their re- place to work. I hope this brochure will
presentation in our own ranks. Women encourage more well-qualified women
now account for around 23% of IAEA to join us.
Professional staff. This is much too
low. As Director General, I am keen to Yukiya Amano
see more women in senior positions. Director General
Women from every continent are ser-
ving with distinction in the Agency as
scientists, engineers, nuclear inspectors
and managers, working to prevent
the spread of nuclear weapons and to
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6. about the iaea
The IAEA is the world’s centre for than 100 countries. The IAEA is led by
cooperation in the nuclear field. It Director General Yukiya Amano and
was set up as the world’s “Atoms for six Deputy Directors General who head
Peace” organization in 1957 within the major Departments (see Annex 2).
the United Nations family. The IAEA
works with its 151 Member States (see IAEA programmes and budgets are set
Annex 1) and multiple partners world- through decisions of its policymaking
wide to promote the use of safe, secure bodies — the 35 member Board of
and peaceful nuclear technologies. Governors and the General Conference
of all Member States. Reports on IAEA
The IAEA Secretariat is headquartered activities are submitted to the United
at the Vienna International Centre in Nations General Assembly and to the
Vienna, Austria. Operational liaison United Nations Security Council perio-
and regional offices are located in Ge- dically, or as cases warrant.
neva (Switzerland), New York (United
States of America), Toronto (Canada)
and Tokyo (Japan). The IAEA runs or Three main ‘pillars’ or areas of work
supports research centres and scientific underpin the IAEA’s mission: science
laboratories in Vienna and Seibersdorf and technology, safety and security,
(Austria), Monaco and Trieste (Italy). and safeguards and verification.
In 2005, the IAEA was awarded the
The IAEA Secretariat comprises a team Nobel Peace Prize for its work and
of over 2300 multidisciplinary Pro- dedication to creating a safer and more
fessional and support staff from more peaceful world.
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7. ProGrammes The IAEA has defined six major depend on nuclear power to meet
programmes in its Programme and their energy requirements. Its priorities
of the iaea Budget for 2010–2011, which are designed to strengthen the utili-
guide its overall work. zation of nuclear and isotopic tech-
niques in furtherance of the Millenni-
Nuclear Power, Fuel Cycle um Development Goals and the priority
and Nuclear Science areas set by the World Summit on
Sustainable Development. It covers
This programme provides core areas such as food and agriculture,
scientific and technical support to human health, water resources, assess-
interested Member States in the fields ment and management of marine and
of nuclear power, nuclear fuel cycle terrestrial environments, and
and materials technologies, capacity industrial applications.
building and nuclear knowledge
maintenance for sustainable energy Nuclear Safety and Security
development, and nuclear science.
In this area, the IAEA aims to enhan-
Nuclear Techniques for ce the capabilities of Member States
Development and Environmental to achieve and maintain a high level
Protection of safety and security worldwide.
This programme deals with all as-
This programme provides core scien- pects of the protection of people and
tific and technical support to Member the environment from the effects of
States for non-power-generation appli- ionizing radiation and any nuclear
cations and is of particular relevance terrorist threat, the minimization of
to those Member States that do not the likelihood of accidents, and the
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8. effective mitigation of the effect of between the Secretariat and Member and priority setting processes to bring
any such events should they occur. States, and for the benefit of the media greater synergy between the Agency’s
and the general public. A wide range TC and regular budget programmes.
Nuclear Verification of administrative and legal services
will continue to be provided to support
This area relates to the IAEA’s statu- activities in all Agency programmes.
tory mandate to establish and adminis-
ter safeguards. In addition, the IAEA Management of Technical
supports the efforts of the international Cooperation for Development
community in connection with nuclear
arms control and reduction. This programme encompasses
programme planning, development,
Policy, Management and implementation and assessment of
Administration Services national, regional and interregional
projects funded from the Technical
This area seeks to achieve the goals Cooperation Fund (TCF) and extra
and objectives of IAEA Member budgetary contributions.
States through effective coordinati-
on to ensure a one house approach, The Secretariat, guided by the
particularly with respect to: overall Agency’s Medium Term Strategy
policies; interactions with Member 2006–2011, works closely with Mem-
States; the development and implemen- ber States to formulate the technical
tation of programmes; the evaluation cooperation (TC) programme based
and assessment of performance; and on the identified needs, interests and
the management and interchange of priorities of Member States and pro-
information within the Secretariat, vides strategic direction for planning
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9. women in the
iaea secretariat
Gender parity in all staffing categories In the Professional and higher Women comprise 17.5% of senior
is a United Nations system-wide goal categories, women represented 22.5% positions at the Director level
to which the IAEA is fully committed. of the Regular staff. and above.
On 1 December 2009, women re-
presented 42.4% of the overall staff of
the Secretariat.
The IAEA recognizes and is addressing
the gender disparity at the professional
level, and there has been an increase
in the number of women in junior and
mid-level Professional posts.
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10. Among Professional staff, the represen-
tation of women varies when broken
down by occupational groupings within
the two major fields of work.
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11. iaea focal Points Division of Human Resources, Ms
Monzel leads a group in charge of a
for Gender con- human resources management system
ranging from recruitment to outreach
activities aimed at attracting candida-
tes of the highest standards, with an Françoise Muelhauser (Switzerland)
emphasis on professional women. Her is the Alternate Focal Point for Gender
staff development group provides a va- Concerns. She assists the Focal Point in
riety of in-house training programmes, promoting a supportive work environ-
Catherine Monzel (United States) professional development and skill ment and fostering changes leading to a
was appointed Focal Point for Gender enhancement opportunities. She has climate conducive to the equal partici-
Concerns in December 2008, having also actively collaborated in the deve- pation of men and women in the IAEA.
served as Alternate for the previous lopment of work/life balance policies.
three years. As the Focal Point, Ms Ms Muelhauser (PhD in Sciences,
Monzel monitors the progress made University of Fribourg) is a nuclear
in the representation of women in A graduate of the Georgetown Univer- physicist in the Department of Nuclear
the Secretariat’s staff as well as the sity School of Foreign Service (BSc) Sciences and Applications, in charge of
implementation of the IAEA’s gender with an MA in Foreign Relations managing the planning and implemen-
equality policy. She addresses specific (George Washington University), tation of the subprogramme Utilization
gender-related concerns and recom- Ms Monzel worked for several years of Accelerators and Instrumentation
mends policy changes where appropri- in the US Department of Energy, where with special emphasis on the Project on
ate. She also represents the Secretariat she held a number of key administrati- Effective Utilization of Particle Acce-
at gender-related meetings and events. ve and staff posts. Prior to taking up lerators. Prior to joining the IAEA, she
her current position, she headed the coordinated and managed a number of
As head of the Recruitment and Staff IAEA’s Office of Management Servi- research projects in experimental phy-
Development Section in the IAEA’s ces (internal management consultants). sics in Europe, the USA and Canada.
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12. Profiles of As the former director of the Brazi- logy. Her work has combined scientific
lian Institute of Radiation Safety and knowledge with the social, political and
iaea women Dosimetry, Eliana Amaral brings philosophical aspects of its application.
extensive experience to the IAEA. In Her current position requires a mix of
her current position, she is responsible technical and managerial skills, as well
for the dissemination and maintenance as diplomacy and political awareness,
of the knowledge and culture of radi- as Ms Amaral routinely works with the
ation safety worldwide. Her Division representatives of Member States and
Eliana Amaral (Brazil/Portugal)
offers important tools to help prevent international organizations.
Director, Division of Radiation,
radiological accidents and cases of
Transport and Waste Safety,
overexposure by developing radiation Prior to taking up her current positi-
Department of Nuclear Safety safety techniques and providing for on, Ms Amaral already had a close
and Security their application through activities such relationship with the IAEA through her
as training Member State participants participation in training courses and
in the latest safety procedures. To Ms technical meetings. She is proud of the
Amaral, this extensive and proactive IAEA’s work and impressed by the
work is crucial to radiation and waste competence and professionalism of her
safety from a long term perspective. colleagues. She truly enjoys her work
in this international environment.
Though she started on the path of nu-
clear physics in her university studies,
Ms Amaral realized that she was more
interested in applications that are close
to human beings rather than in abs-
tract theories. As a consequence, she
specialized in biophysics and radioeco-
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13. Taghrid Atieh (Syrian Arab Republic) Prior to joining the IAEA, Taghrid According to Ms Atieh, the interac-
Leader, Liaison and Capacity Atieh headed the nuclear information tion between colleagues of different
Building Group, INIS and Nuclear and documentation centre at the Syrian nationalities and cultural backgrounds
Knowledge Management Section, Atomic Energy Commission, and also makes her work at the IAEA even more
Department of Nuclear Energy served as the Syrian Arab Republic’s gratifying. She feels fortunate to be
National Liaison Officer to the Inter- able to learn in and contribute to such
national Nuclear Information System an exciting environment.
(INIS). She became the IAEA’s first
Syrian Professional staff member in 1993. While she is dedicated to and loves
her work, it does require Ms Atieh to
Ms Atieh enjoys her work and believes sacrifice time spent with her family.
that INIS, the world’s leading source She credits her husband for making it
of nuclear information for the peaceful possible for her to balance her suc-
uses of nuclear science and technolo- cessful professional career with a very
gy, is an excellent mechanism for the fulfilling family life. Ms Atieh feels
collection, exchange and preservati- that any sacrifices she may have made
on for future generations of nuclear have been worthwhile in order be part
information and knowledge in Member of such a vital IAEA programme. She
States. As Leader of the Liaison and strongly encourages other women to
Capacity Building Group, Ms Atieh’s explore every opportunity to join the
work involves the provision of nucle- IAEA’s staff.
ar information to Member States and
IAEA programmes, as well as services
and training to national INIS centres.
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14. Ana María Cetto (Mexico) Ana María Cetto came to the IAEA and personal commitment of her staff
Deputy Director General, with a remarkable career in physics, to making a difference in developing
Department of Technical Cooperation extensive experience in international nations through the technical coopera-
scientific cooperation and a strong tion programme. In her own visits to
personal commitment to the elimi- the field, she enjoys direct interaction
nation of nuclear weapons. She saw with those who, with their own scarce
her new position as an opportunity to resources, use their creativity to make
balance her opposition to the military the most of the IAEA’s support.
uses of nuclear power with the positive One goal that Ms Cetto aims to reach
applications of the atom to sustainable in her work is to build stronger ties
development. between the intergovernmental and
non-governmental worlds. Coming
Ms Cetto views her role in the IAEA from a developing country, Ms Cetto
as being multi¬dimensional, providing applies her grassroots perspective to
leadership and cooperation. She greatly enhance the IAEA’s collaboration with
values the opportunity to collaborate counterparts in Member States for the
with people who have different cultural benefit of the people who are in grea-
backgrounds and life experiences. test need of it.
Working together in such an environ-
ment is, in her opinion, a great asset of Ms Cetto, Mexico’s Woman of the Year
the United Nations System, for it forces in 2003, aspires to make a difference as
one to understand another person’s a woman scientist in the complex envi-
motivations and mindset, and other ronment of international cooperation for
people’s needs and aspirations. sustainable development.
One aspect of her position that Ms Cet-
to most enjoys is seeing the enthusiasm
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15. Jill Cooley (USA) Nuclear engineer Jill Cooley became makes for an exciting and challenging
Director, Division of Concepts and the first woman to manage a Section professional environment. She sees
Planning, Department of Safeguards and, later, to direct a Division in the the direct results of her work reflected
Department of Safeguards. As head of in the implementation of safeguards
the Division of Concepts and Planning, agreements, and the media’s attention
she leads her staff in the develop- to the Department of Safeguards’ work
ment of new safeguards concepts and helps to spread the safeguards messa-
approaches, and works to integrate ge. Ms Cooley finds the present time
them into standard nuclear safeguards to be particularly challenging, as new
procedures. proliferation issues, such as nuclear
trafficking, require new solutions.
Ms Cooley joined the IAEA with over
15 years of engineering and manage- While working in a world of political
ment experience in the safeguards area. constraints can at times be frustrating,
Her prior positions had brought her to Ms Cooley finds that interaction with
IAEA technical meetings and symposia her colleagues, who are all top profes-
on many occasions, so she was familiar sionals in the field, is very rewarding.
with the work and competence of the Though they have varied backgrounds,
IAEA’s staff. Another important factor her colleagues all share the vision
that contributed to her decision to move of creating an effective safeguards
to Vienna was the ease with which regime through which Member States’
her husband and children were able to non-proliferation commitments can be
adjust to the idea of moving abroad. verified.
To Ms Cooley, the IAEA’s critical role
in the global non-proliferation regime
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16. Anita Nilsson (Sweden) As head of the IAEA Office of Nuclear supply and cooperation. She was in
Director, Office of Nuclear Security, Security, Ms Nilsson is responsible charge of the Swedish nuclear securi-
Department of Nuclear Safety and for coordinating and implementing ty support to the Newly Independent
Security the IAEA’s Nuclear Security Plan to States and the Baltic States.
prevent, detect and respond to acts of
nuclear terrorism and threats thereof. Ms Nilsson previously served as the
The Office organizes a number of eva- IAEA Focal Point for Gender Concerns
luation and advisory services, training from January 2003 to November 2008.
courses and workshops, and conve- She was awarded the World Nuclear
nes meetings with Member States’ Association’s “Women of Achieve-
experts for the purpose of improving ment in Nuclear Science and Technolo-
the methodology used and the nucle- gy Award” in September 2005.
ar security framework. It liaises with
other international organizations and
Member States to enhance cooperation
and the outreach of nuclear security
information.
A Medical Doctor with a Master of
Sciences in Mathematics and Physics,
Ms Nilsson worked in various mana-
gerial and leadership positions at the
Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate
before joining the IAEA, dealing with
non-proliferation, international and
national safeguards, bilateral nuclear
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17. Stephanie Ramushu (South Africa) Following her studies in analytical Ms Ramushu’s job requires a lot of
Nuclear Safeguards Inspector, chemistry, Stephanie Ramushu worked travelling, which means dealing with
Department of Safeguards for almost 10 years as a chemist in jet lag and different time zones and
different industries. When she read an cultures. She enjoys her job and has
advertisement to become a State Safe- taken the challenges in her stride. She
guards Inspector in South Africa, she manages her inspection schedule to
decided to take up the challenge. After plan her visits and decide what kind of
18 months on the job, she knew that inspection will be carried out.
this was what she wanted to do.
Ms Ramushu strongly encourages other
As a National Safeguards Inspector in women to take up the challenge of wor-
her home country, Ms Ramushu was king in international safeguards.
always acquainted with the work of
the IAEA, which she joined in 2006.
As an IAEA inspector, she verifies
nuclear material and activities to assure
a State’s compliance with the Non-
Proliferation Treaty obligation. Her oc-
cupation provides her a global outlook
on safeguards activities in different
countries. She describes her job as a
balance between planning, verification,
observation, and reporting.
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18. Alicia Reynaud (Mexico) Alicia Reynaud is a passionate sup- to support the implementation of the
Head, Section for Safeguards porter of the IAEA’s mission. Mea- Agency’s programmes, while promo-
Programme and Resources, ningful purpose has been the driving ting geographical diversity and gender
Department of Safeguards force throughout her career, and from equality.
the outset she was able to see how her
assignments related to the achievement Today, Ms Reynaud supports the
of the IAEA’s mandate. verification mission of the IAEA by
leading the Section responsible for the
Ms Reynaud spent most of her IAEA design, planning and monitoring of the
career in the Department of Technical programme and budget of the De-
Cooperation, working on projects in all partment of Safeguards. Ms Reynaud
five geographical areas covered by the also provides guidance on the overall
Department. This allowed her to gain management of human and financial
a broad understanding of the needs of resources for the Department, with
Member States and to become know- more than 700 staff and €140 million
ledgeable in all aspects of the program- annually.
me. She greatly valued her interaction
with Member State counterparts and, Ms Reynaud has grown professionally
in particular, witnessing the impact of and personally during her time at the
technical cooperation on the lives of so IAEA. Her experience has greatly
many people worldwide. influenced her children, all three of
whom have an international outlook
As Head of the Recruitment Unit in and share her values of working to-
the Division of Personnel, she joined wards peace in a multicultural world.
with managers to identify and rec-
ruit staff of the highest competence
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19. Geetha Sadagopan (India) Geetha Sadagopan has brought more where the IAEA conducts long term
Training Specialist, than 25 years of radiation protection educational courses, and teaches visi-
Department of Nuclear Safety experience to the IAEA. In her home tors to the IAEA’s Vienna Headquar-
and Security country of India, she had the opportuni- ters. Receiving positive feedback from
ty to work in various areas of radiation participants who have applied in their
protection, making her an excellent work the knowledge gained in training
candidate for her position at the IAEA, courses is a gratifying experience for
in which she manages training in Mem- Ms Sadagopan. She also enjoys the
ber States in medical, research and challenging experience of imparting
industrial radiation protection. her extensive knowledge to new gene-
rations of participants.
Ms Sadagopan has always enjoyed
teaching, and when the opportunity to Moving to Vienna represented a diffe-
gain international experience presented rent kind of challenge to Ms Sadago-
itself, she jumped at the chance to take pan, but she has found the city to be
on this unique challenge and join the safe and beautiful, with the change in
IAEA. The fact that only a few Indian climate being the most difficult part
women had worked for the IAEA in the of the transition. Her family’s flexi-
past was also a contributory factor in bility and support helped her a great
her decision. deal in adjusting to a different cultural
environment. She urges other women
Today, Ms Sadagopan organizes cour- from developing countries to consider
ses and develops training materials for joining the IAEA in the pursuit of their
participants from all over the world. careers.
She travels to regional training centres,
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20. Gabriele Voigt (Germany) After 9 years of heading the Agency’s believes that working with people from
Director, Safeguards Analytical Laboratories, recent reorganizational different cultures and backgrounds
Services (Seibersdorf) changes have found Gabriele Voigt as enriches life and creates the feeling that
the Director of Safeguards Analytical the human race is one family.
Services (SGAS). SGAS is responsible At the IAEA, Ms Voigt has the chance
for the analysis of nuclear material to work with people whom she admires
and environmental swipe samples, as for their dedication to peace and justice.
well as for the Network of Analytical
Laboratories (NWAL) including the Ms Voigt has also revitalized the Joint
Safeguard’s On-Site Laboratory in Advisory Sub-Committee on Gender
Rokkasho, Japan. Concerns owing to her concern about
the low percentage of women at the
Ms Voigt is also responsible for the Professional level in the IAEA. She is
Enhancing Capabilities of Analytical a member of Women in Nuclear (WiN)
Services for Safeguards project – the and Women in International Security
largest construction work the Agency (WIISE), and mentors women applying
has undertaken. This project is aimed for IAEA positions. She is dedicated
at modernizing the existing Safeguards to her work and encourages women to
laboratories and equipment, and at combine their profession with family life.
building a new nuclear material labora-
tory at Seibersdorf. Ms Voigt was awarded the World
Nuclear Association’s Women of
Ms Voigt chose the IAEA as the place Achievement in Nuclear Science and
to apply her varied knowledge of Technology Award and the Leadership
biology, genetics, radiochemistry, ra- Award of the Radiochemistry Society,
diometry and radiation protection. She both in 2005.
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21. Bidan Zhu (China) Bidan Zhu moved to Austria with her
Software Engineer, Department of family during her last year of bioche-
Technical Cooperation mistry studies in a Chinese university.
She decided to switch her studies to
computer science, which turned out to
be an excellent choice, since she enjoys
doing IT work as much as a hobby.
Now, as the project leader for vari-
ous IT projects in the Department of
Technical Cooperation, Ms Zhu loves
the challenge of using IT tools for
business solutions that will effectively
contribute to the implementation of the
Department’s programmes.
Ms Zhu feels proud of working for an
international organization with a noble
mission such as the IAEA.
Although not many women choose to
pursue a career in IT-related fields,
Ms Zhu believes that women are
particularly good at human focused
aspects in IT, since they have a fine
understanding of user requirements in
system design and social implications
of information technologies.
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22. measures aimed Resolutions and Reporting steps they have taken to increase
Measures the participation of women in their
at increasinG programmes.
the rePresentation The IAEA continues to build on mea-
sures already in place to increase the The IAEA has also taken steps to
of women share of women Professional staff in increase the representation of women
the Secretariat. The General Confe- participants at conferences, seminars
rence has passed resolutions related to and workshops, and to promote the
this issue on a regular basis, reiterating involvement of women scientists in
the IAEA’s ultimate goal of achieving coordinated research and technical
equal gender representation in staffing. cooperation projects.
The Director General reports biennially
on progress made in this area. Recruitment Measures
To read General Conference resolutions The Secretariat pays special attention
and the Director General’s reports on to well qualified female candidates
women in the Secretariat, please visit: in the recruitment process to ensure
www.iaea.org/Resources/Women/ that in cases of comparable qualifica-
resolutions.html tions and suitability, women are given
preference over men. Indeed, in a very
Another reporting mechanism used to high percentage of cases in which there
measure progress in the representation is at least one woman among candida-
of women calls on Deputy Directors tes deemed well qualified, a woman is
General, who head each of the IAEA’s offered the position. The Division of
six Departments, to report to the Direc- Human Resources, at the invitation of
tor General each year in June on specific Member States, carries out recruitment
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23. missions, which provide the opportu- In order to work even more closely areas and advises the Secretariat about
nity, once more, to emphasize the need together, the Secretariat requested that proposed solutions.
for well qualified female candidates. all Member States designate a Point of
Contact for the Recruitment of Women Departmental Focal Points
The Secretariat cooperates with other to actively support the Secretariat’s for Gender Concerns
United Nations agencies in the field of efforts. Points of Contact assist the
gender issues, such as the Inter-Agency Secretariat by identifying institutions in At the end of 2006, the function of
Network on Women and Gender Equa- the Member State from which suitably Departmental Focal Points for Gender
lity (IANWGE) and the United Nations qualified female candidates could be Concerns, based on a United Nations
International Research and Training attracted. They also aid the IAEA in initiative model, was created to further
Institute for the Advancement of Wo- spreading the word about employment, institutionalize gender-related activities
men (INSTRAW), in order to highlight in exploring the possibilities of esta- in the Secretariat. Departmental Focal
the IAEA’s efforts and to keep abreast blishing a Junior Professional Officer Points assist the Deputy Directors
of trends in this area. The Secretariat’s programme and in expanding fellow- General in their efforts to achieve gen-
“Resources for Women” web site at ships in their Member State. der equality within their Departments
www.iaea.org/women disseminates and support the IAEA Focal Point for
information to the public about gender Gender Concerns in gender-related
issues in the IAEA. Staff Involvement activities. Each Deputy Director General
selects one Departmental Focal Point
Working with Member States The Joint Advisory Sub-Committee and one Alternate.
on Gender Concerns, made up of staff
The Secretariat fosters a continuous di- members, is dedicated to increasing
alogue with Member State representa- the representation of female staff and
tives in order to encourage applications promoting a more family-friendly work
by well qualified female candidates for environment. The Sub-Committee
IAEA vacancies. helps to identify challenges in these
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24. Gender Equality work/life balance
and Mainstreaming
Social norms often cause professional
A gender equality policy was appro- women to experience greater difficulties
ved in 2007 by the Director General than men in relocating their families.
and is being implemented to main- In order to make the IAEA a more at-
stream gender considerations into the tractive employer to families, one aim
IAEA’s programmes and to promote is to provide a supportive environment,
gender equality in the IAEA and the that enables staff to combine work
Member States. and family responsibilities.
Arrangements now in place include:
– Flexible working hours
– Part-time work arrangements
– Work from home option
– Maternity and paternity leave
– Nursing breaks for new mothers
– Family emergency leave
– A Staff Development Centre, located
in the Vienna International Centre,
whose opening hours correspond to
the IAEA’s regular working hours
– A policy for the prevention of harass-
ment and other forms of unfair or
discriminatory treatment of staff
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25. emPloyment least two years of professional work me, Technical Cooperation National
experience. The JPO works as part of a Liaison Officers are asked to nominate
oPPortunities at team and under the guidance of a seni- candidates in the respective field.
the iaea or Professional. The assignment, which To learn more, please visit:
may be in a scientific/technical or http://www-tc.iaea.org/tcweb/
administrative area, lasts for one to two participation/
How to Apply for Vacancies
years. Currently, only a limited number
at the IAEA
of Member States who have signed Internship Programme
Approximately nine months before a a JPO Agreement with the IAEA are
position in the Professional or higher able to offer their young nationals the The programme provides young profes-
categories becomes vacant in the Sec- possibility of joining the Agency as a sionals an opportunity to gain practical
retariat, a vacancy notice is posted on JPO. To learn more, please visit: www. work experience and exposes them to
the IAEA’s official web site. To apply iaea.org/About/Jobs/jpo.html the work of the IAEA and the United
for a vacancy, applicants must submit Nations. Internships normally last not
an IAEA Personal History Form by the Technical Cooperation Fellow- less than three months and not more
deadline listed in the notice. To learn ships for Women than one year. Applicants must be at
more, please go to: www.iaea.org/ least 18 years of age and have comple-
About/Jobs/ The IAEA Fellowship Programme for ted a minimum of two years of full-
Young Professional Women provides time studies at a university or equiva-
Junior Professional Officer six-month fellowships to young women lent institution towards the completion
(JPO) Programme pursuing an advanced degree or having of their first degree. Individuals may
recently graduated. It provides partici- apply up to two years after the com-
The JPO programme is designed for pants with practical international work pletion of their bachelor’s, master’s, or
young professionals, who are under 32 experience in nuclear technology and doctoral degree. To learn more, please
years of age, hold an advanced uni- applications or in technical coopera- go to: www.iaea.org/About/Jobs/
versity degree and preferably have at tion. To participate in the program- internships.html
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26. Jobs at the iaea Production Specialist Department of Nuclear Sciences
and Applications
– IT Systems Engineer
– General Services Staff – Entomologist
– Plant Breeder
Department of Nuclear Energy – Nutritionist
– Medical Radiation Physicist
– Nuclear Engineer – Nuclear Physicist
– Chemical Engineer – Soil Scientist
– Waste Management Specialist – Research Scientist
Offices Reporting to the – Nuclear Power Planner
Director General – Economics and Planning Specialist Department of Safeguards
– Knowledge Management Specialist
– Auditor – Nuclear Safeguards Inspector
– Lawyer Department of Nuclear Safety – Nuclear Trade Analyst
– International Affairs Specialist and Security – Safeguards Evaluator
– Safeguards Analyst
Department of Management – Nuclear Safety Specialist – Instrumentation Systems Expert
– Nuclear Security Officer – Surveillance and Monitoring Specialist
– Programme Manager – Trafficking Prevention Expert
– Financial Officer – Emergency Preparedness Officer Department of Technical
– Procurement Officer – Operational Safety Officer Cooperation
– Translator/Editor – Radiation Protection Officer
– Human Resources Specialist – Radiation Safety Specialist – Programme Officer
– Public Information Officer – Transport Safety Specialist – Programme Coordinator
– Conference and Document – Software Engineer
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27. the iaea: Radiotherapy Offers Hope Eliminating Tsetse Flies to
to Women with Cancer Decrease Hunger and Poverty
workinG for women
worldwide Cervical cancer kills 200 000 women Large draught animals, such as oxen,
in developing countries every year as have become increasingly rare in Afri-
a result of late detection and a dearth ca owing to the parasite-carrying tsetse
of treatment facilities. Women such as fly, which kills three million livestock
Genet Ashenafi in Awasa, Ethiopia, animals annually. This scourge, also
must travel long distances and wait for hazardous to human health, puts the
hours to receive treatment. Ethiopia burden of work on farmers such as
has only one radiotherapy machine to Mgeni Lamek, who must rely on her
serve its population of over 60 million, own strength to replace a team of oxen.
while in Europe, the rate is one machi- The IAEA is supporting several Af-
ne per 250 000 people. rican States in using the sterile insect
technique, which uses gamma radiation
The IAEA, in a joint project with the from a cobalt-60 source to sterilize
Government of Ethiopia, opened the male Tsetse flies. The males are then
country’s only radiotherapy centre in released into the breeding population
1997. The IAEA continues to assist to mate with females, whose unferti-
developing Member States in the field lized eggs do not develop, leading to
of radiotherapy by providing radiation a radical decrease in the fly population,
sources and equipment and personnel which saves lives and leads to incre-
training in medical physics and safety, ased productivity.
and through the establishment and
proper maintenance of radiotherapy To read more about these projects,
programmes. please visit: www.iaea.org/women
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28. member afGhanistan
albania
cÔte d’iVoire
croatia
israel
italy
namibia
nePal
sudan
sweden
states alGeria
anGola
cuba
cyPrus
Jamaica
JaPan
netherlands
new zealand
switzerland
syrian arab rePublic
of the iaea arGentina
armenia
czech rePublic
democratic rePublic
Jordan
kazakhstan
nicaraGua
niGer
taJikistan
thailand
australia of the conGo kenya niGeria the former yuGoslaVia
(as of July 2010) austria denmark rePublic of korea norway rePublic of macedonia
azerbaiJan dominican rePublic kuwait oman, tunisia
bahrain ecuador kyrGyzstan sultanate of turkey
banGladesh eGyPt latVia Pakistan uGanda
belarus el salVador lebanon Palau ukraine
belGium eritrea lesotho Panama united arab emirates
belize estonia liberia ParaGuay united kinGdom of Great
benin ethioPia libyan arab Peru britain and northern
boliVia finland Jamahiriya PhiliPPines ireland
bosnia and france liechtenstein Poland united rePublic of
herzeGoVina Gabon lithuania PortuGal tanzania
botswana GeorGia luxembourG Qatar united states of america
brazil Germany madaGascar rePublic of uruGuay
bulGaria Ghana malawi moldoVa uzbekistan
burkina faso Greece malaysia romania Venezuela
burundi Guatemala mali russian federation Vietnam
cameroon haiti malta saudi arabia yemen
cambodia holy see marshall islands seneGal zambia
canada honduras mauritania serbia zimbabwe
central african hunGary mauritius seychelles
rePublic iceland mexico sierra leone
chad india monaco sinGaPore
chile indonesia monGolia sloVakia
china islamic rePublic monteneGro sloVenia
colombia of iran morocco south africa
conGo iraQ mozambiQue sPain
costa rica ireland myanmar sri lanka
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29. orGanizational DIRECTOR GENERAL
chart
Office of External
(as of July 2010) Secretariat of the
Policy-making Organs
Relations and Policy
Coordination
Office of Internal
Office of Legal Affairs
Oversight Services
DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF
TECHNICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY NUCLEAR SCIENCES
NUCLEAR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SAFEGUARDS
COOPERATION AND SECURITY AND APPLICATIONS
(ICTP)*
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Concepts and
Programme Support Nuclear Installation Human Health
and Waste Budget and Finance Planning
and Coordination Safety
Technology
* The Abdus Salam Inter- IAEA Marine
Environment
Radiation, Transport Conference and Operations A
Asia and the Pacific Nuclear Power
national Centre for Theoretical and Waste Safety Document Services Laboratories,
Monaco**
Physics (Abdus Salam ICTP),
legally referred to as “Interna-
Joint FAO/IAEA
tional Centre for Theoretical Division of Nuclear
Operations B
Africa General Services
Techniques in Food
Physics”, is operated as a joint and Agriculture
programme by UNESCO and
the IAEA. Administration is
carried out by UNESCO on Latin America
Information Physical and
Operations C
Technology Chemical Sciences
behalf of both organizations.
The IAEA’s involvement in
the Centre is managed by the
Safeguards
Department of Nuclear Sciences Europe Human Resources Information
Management
and Applications.
** With the participation of
Public Information Technical Support
UNEP and IOC.
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