Women, Agents of Change UNESCO initiatives for supporting women scientists (2015). Source: www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/priority-areas/gender-and-science
SfN: Creating a favourable work climate
A handy tool for approaches to creating a work climate that is favourable to all genders, put together by Society for Neuroscience. Found: 28/11/2014
NYTimes: A Toxic Work World
A Toxic Work World by Anne-Marie Slaughter | The New York Times | September 18, 2015 September 18, 2015 “This looks like a “women’s problem,” but it’s not. It’s a work problem — the problem of an antiquated and broken
L’Oréal Foundation’s #ChangeTheNumbers Study
#ChangeTheNumbers: the L’Oréal Foundation’s international study with OpinionWay to understand causes of disparities affecting women in science and obstacles they face. Quotes from press release: Prejudice is still deeply rooted: “the study reveals that 67% of Europeans think that women
BBC: Ada Lovelace: Letters shed light on tech visionary
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34243042 Quote: “Perhaps Ada’s greatest talent was the way she combined an understanding of mathematics with a vivid and “poetic” imagination. She was the forerunner not of today’s coders and hackers, but of the visionaries who imagine how the
WISE@QMUL: Parenting in Academia
Date: Monday 14 SeptemberTime: 12-1.30pmLocation: Fogg Lecture Theatre, Mile End campus Combining a family and an academic career can be a challenging task and every parent has their own way of managing this. Three panel members will tell attendees about
Guardian: Three things holding women back at work
Quote: Ever looked around a boardroom and wondered where all the women are? Me too. The reality is that while the number of women on FTSE boards has nearly doubled over the past four years, and there are countless studies
Guardian: The Guilt of Quitting Sexist Workplaces
Source: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/24/guilt-quitting-sexist-workplaces-discrimination-women Quote: “This autumn marks five years since the Equality Act was passed – an all-encompassing bill taking in older acts concerning pay, race, gender and disability discriminations – making our right to work free from prejudice enshrined in
New Republic: Gender Bias Plagues Academia, Especially in STEM
Source: www.newrepublic.com/article/122466/gender-bias-plagues-academia Studies, mentioned in article, revealing unconscious bias: Linguistic comparison of letters of recommendation:ds“recommendations … tended to include descriptors of ability for male applicants, such as “standout,” but refer to the work ethic of the women, rather than their
WISE Campaign 2015 Awards Call for Nominations
The WISE Campaign is calling for nominations for the 2015 WISE Awards — see www.wisecampaign.org.uk/wise-awards/wise-awards-2015. More details at www.wisecampaign.org.uk/news/2015/07/help-celebrate-women-in-stem-at-the-wise-awards . Deadline is 17 August 2015. Categories include ‘open technology’, ‘inspiring young people’ ‘hero’ ‘campaign’ ‘influence’ ‘tech startup’. The ‘research award’ category nomination