Source: www.theguardian.com/education/2015/feb/24/sexism-women-in-university-academics-feminism Quotes: “Our universities are highly sexist institutions. Women are outnumbered and relegated to junior posts. More than 60% of academics are men, and about 80% of professors. Official statistics show that more women are on temporary contracts than
Guardian: Female academics face sexist bias in student evaluations
Source: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2015/feb/13/female-academics-huge-sexist-bias-students Quotes: “The strength of this unconscious bias is quite astonishing – even for a relatively objective measure such as promptness, students rated a “female” professor 3.55 out of 5 and a “male” professor 4.35, despite the fact that
NYTimes / Guardian / Telegraph: Germany to mandate quotas for women in boardrooms
Alison Smail of the New York Times reports on Germany’s plan to introduce a bill requiring the country’s top companies to have at least 30 percent women in their supervisory boards by 2016. In Europe, Norway was the first country
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
Guardian: Why women are under-represented in science and engineering
Picture from “Why women are under-represented in science and engineering“ Julia King describes five factors relating to confidence, stereotyped language (“scientists are ‘he’, hairdressers are ‘she’”), and a lack of role models that hold women back from careers in science
Guardian: A woman finally wins Fields Medal. Why did it take so long?
Women make up almost half of mathematics undergraduates, but winning the highest accolade of the profession, the Fields Medal, has proved to be a battle. Sam Howison of the Guardian discusses the reasons in the article: “A woman finally wins
Guardian: Mirzakhani First Woman to Win Fields Medal
Maryam Mirzhakani, Professor at Stanford University, is the first woman to win the Fields Medal, the highest honour accorded a mathematician, in the history of the award. Some quotes from Ian Sample’s article in the Guardian, “Fields Medal mathematics prize
Guardian: When will women achieve gender equality in leadership at work?
Source: www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/women-leadership-companies-equality-jobs Quotes: “A compelling new study shows that top global companies in Asia, Europe and the US have advanced little beyond mere tokenism when it comes to placing women in leadership roles.” “Men hold 83% of the executive committee
Guardian: Sexism is Driving Women Out of Science
Source: www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/mar/15/women-science-research-university-discrimination-academics-anonymous Quotes: “Strenuous efforts are being made to get girls to consider science, engineering and mathematical careers. … But further down the line, there are a large number of disillusioned women leaving science and academia. What are we doing
Guardian: Benevolent Sexism: The Real Barrier Holding Women Back
Source: www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2013/aug/06/benevolent-sexism-holding-women-back Quote: “Two types of sexism prevail: overt and benevolent. Overt (aka hostile) sexism – like the exclusionary Muirfield policy – is easy to spot, especially in parts of the world where we have seen the most progress towards equality.