The National University of Ireland, Galway, is ordered to promote a lecturer overlooked over gender following a tribunal that found that “while on paper the promotion appeared to be a fair process based on definitive criteria, in practice it fell
BBC News: Women Play Increasingly Powerful Roles at UN
Nick Bryant of BBC News New York writes: “Long an all-male enclave, the UN Security Council now has a record number of women. Does that influence how diplomacy gets done at the highest levels?” “I think we listen well …
NYTimes: Vigilant Eye on Gender Pay Gap
Illustration of the gender pay gap by Robert Neubeckerin the NYTimes (14 Nov 2014) article:“Vigilant Eye on Gender Pay Gap“ Follow link to see a New York Times article that advocates for thoughtful fixes to the gender pay gap: “Vigilant
NYTimes: Executive Women Finding and Owning Their Own Voice
Richardson-Heron, Napier, Miller, and Ming—four women interviewed in NYTimes (13 Nov 2014) article“Executive Women, Finding (and Owning) Their Voice“ In a New York Times article posted on 13 November 2014, Adam Bryant interviews four executive women—Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D., Chief executive
NYTimes Video: The Metrics of Success
Jody Greenstone Miller, chief executive of the Business Talent Group, speaks on flexible work environments—www.nytimes.com/video/business/100000003229855/corner-office-the-metrics-of-success.html.
NYTimes Video: Leading to the Goal Line
Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D., C.E.O. of Y.W.C.A. USA, speaks on setting expectations of leadership to Adam Bryant and Blaine Novak—www.nytimes.com/video/business/100000003229913/corner-office-leading-to-the-goal-line.html.
BBC News: Rosetta comet landing: Professor’s excitement
The European Space Agency’s successful landing on the Rosetta comet is an amazing achievement. As a side effect, it has also led to a lot of discussion around the representation of women in science. Here’s a great clip to keep
Guardian: Is the Sexist Scientific Workplace Really Dead?
Source: www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2014/nov/04/is-the-sexist-scientific-workplace-really-dead One excerpt: “The authors [Williams, Ceci, Ginther, Khan] claim, out of the 124 hires made in physics … only 13% of the applicants were females (… much less than the percentage of females among PhDs …), but 19% of