Source: www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/12/women-considered-better-coders-hide-gender-github Reference: J. Terrell1, A. Kofink, J. Middleton, C. Rainear, E. Murphy-Hill, C. Parnin (2016). “Gender bias in open source: Pull request acceptance of women versus men.” PeerJ PrePrints 4:e1733v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1733v1 Quote: The researchers looked at approximately 3m pull
Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/19/women-start-out-as-ambitious-as-men-but-it-erodes-over-time-says-researcher Quotes: “Many women are just as ambitious as men when they begin their careers, but become so wearied by fighting against multiple structural and experiential barriers to their success that this ambition often wanes. This is one of the
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/13/ada-lovelace-day-computer-programmer-female-tech-pioneers Read about Sheryl Sandberg (COO at Facebook), Joan Clarke (Bletchley Park code breaker), Radia Perlman (inventor of the spanning-tree-protocol), Hedy Lamarr (Hollywood actress and inventor of radio frequency-hopping), Zoe Quinn (developer of Depression Quest), Mitchell Baker (executive chairwoman
Researchers find reason to balance the executive team … Source: www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/29/companies-with-women-on-the-board-perform-better-report-finds
Source: www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/27/sexism-film-industry-stories Quotes: “The director is considered the general, and just like in the military, they still can’t picture anyone not born with the Y chromosome with that title. The industry still insists on telling most stories from a male point
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2015/sep/24/67-of-europeans-dont-believe-women-have-the-skills-to-be-scientists Source of source: http://www.loreal.com/media/press-releases/2015/sep/the-loreal-foundation-unveils-the-results-of-its-exclusive-international-study Quote: “Based on the responses recorded in the study, it would seem that overall 67% of Europeans think that women do not possess the required skill set in order to achieve high-level scientific positions (the
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
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
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/28/class-of-2015-income-inequality-jobs Excerpts: “This year, young male graduates can expect to earn on average $19.64 an hour – all of 20 cents higher than in 2000. Women, on the other hand, are likely to earn $16.56, which is more than $3
UK parents can now share leave following the birth or adoption of a child: BBC (5 Apr 2015): Shared parental leave law comes into effectBBC (5 Apr 2015): How the UK’s rules on parental leave work This next article compares parental