When it comes to experts on TV, women are still neither seen nor heard
When it comes to ‘experts’ men still vastly outnumber women in the media.
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Gender pay gap: It’s roughly half‑a‑million dollars for women professors across a lifetime
Over the course of a career and retirement, gender pay gaps lead to a difference of roughly half-a-million dollars for women professors relative to their male counterparts.
Medicine’s gender revolution: how women stopped being treated as ‘small men’
In medical training and practice, gender differences have at last become a vital part of diagnosis and treatment.
Just 1 in 5 employees in the space industry are women. This lack of diversity is holding us back
Why is the space sector struggling to attract a more diverse talent pool? We have a few solutions that could help.
The power and politics of knowledge: what African universities need to do
Universities play a major role in procuring the human and intellectual resources needed for fulfilling the various goals of the UN’s Agenda 2030.
How feminist research and teaching gained a foothold in the Nigerian academy
Transnational feminism played a huge role in broadening gender studies in most institutions in Nigeria.
Group therapy helps scientists cope with challenging ‘climate emotions’
Scientists need safe spaces to understand and process “climate emotions”. Group therapy helps people find the strength and resilience to continue their important work, without harming their health.
The problem with merit‑based appointments? They’re not free from gender bias either
No matter whether it’s targets or quotas, “merit” is always held up as the stalwart gold standard. But can we judge merit without bias? And is merit really the right measure for ability anyway?
Showing your colours: the good and bad of academics joining political parties
I’ve always thought being an academic is like living in the middle of an endless war where the weapon of choice is words. You could say the same of parliament, so it is perhaps surprising that relatively…
Decolonising psychology creates possibilities for social change
Psychologists drew historically from theories of social Darwinism and eugenics to espouse the hierarchical categorisation of people into race groups.
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