16/05/24 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 15 May, the European Commission announced the three winners of the Gender Equality Champions Award for 2023: the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain, in the ‘sustainable equality’ category, as well as the Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, in Ireland, in the ‘new arrivals’ category. Each winner will receive a prize of €100,000. Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, congratulated the winners on their outstanding achievements in promoting gender equality. This annual prize, launched in 2022, aims to recognise the outstanding achievements of European academic and research organisations in implementing gender equality plans and to encourage the advancement of inclusive policies within the European Research Area (ERA). (NP)