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Studies reveal women’s research receives tougher assessment, less funding, fewer prizes and less citation than men’s.
Women resort to confidentially alerting co-workers, colleagues or classmates about harassment when they don’t trust the official channels for lodging complaints.
We’ve come a long time since women were deemed too “hormonal” to be sent into space. Yet gender bias is an issue women in the field still reckon with every day.
From basic childhood curiosity, to fossil introductions from parents – it seems a scientist’s spark can come in many forms.
New study finds that workplace hostility toward motherhood in STEM fields can deter even young, childless women from pursuing academic careers.
For decades, academics have been portrayed as brilliant, heroic men on our cinema screens. It’s time to tell the story of more heroic female scholars. Here are some suggestions.
Without affirmative action through gender quotas and targets, we will have another 30 years of glacial progress on gender equity in academia.
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