Gender Equality should be Part of Basic Science Training Speed read Male-defined science policies and procedures often impede female researchers Scientists’ training should be considered inadequate without gender equality training Tailored awards, networking and mentoring can also help to boost
SciDevNet: Women Researchers Across the Globe
Global Trends on Gender Ratios in Science & Engineering – Explore the global landscape of female researchers (Data obtained 25/03/2014) – Poor nations lead the way in gender equality in research (27/05/2014) Explore the global landscape of female researchers
Nature: Gender & Science Output
Bibliometrics: Global Gender Disparities in Science Larivière, Ni, Gingras, Cronin & Sugimoto Nature Comment, 11 December 2013 “Cassidy R. Sugimoto and colleagues present a bibliometric analysis confirming that gender imbalances persist in research output worldwide.” Source: www.nature.com/news/bibliometrics-global-gender-disparities-in-science-1.14321
McKinsey Report: STEM recruitment
How to attract US women to the sciences By Mona Mourshed, Ali Jaffer (Sept 2013) This is a McKinsey report recrutment of STEM graduates, with an emphasis of the gender disparity across a few countries. Source: www.mckinsey.com/insights/social_sector/how_to_attract_us_women_to_the_sciences
Spelke-vs-Pinker on Gender & Science + Follow-up
The Science of Gender and Science On January 16th, 2005, Lawrence Summers (President of Harvard), made a few public comments on women’s careers in science and engineering, suggesting that the gender difference is due to “different availability of aptitude at