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Excluded, intimidated and harassed: LGBT physicists face discrimination
Transgender people are the most affected.
As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops
Women’s median annual earnings stubbornly remain about 20 percent below men’s. Why is progress stalling?
Women in science: equality is impossible unless society shifts
Women have come a long way in science, but plenty of work remains. After all, gender bias in science doesn't happen in a vacuum.
Parent Carer Scientist
A collection of 150 personal stories from scientists who are combining a career in research with their roles as parents and carers, each in their own way.
After years of growth, female first authorship in top medical journals has stalled
Female first authorship has increased since 1994 but plateaued from 2009 to 2014
The scientist's dilemma: can you be a parent, a partner, a friend #AndAScientist?
The Royal Society’s new campaign highlights the importance of life outside the laboratory
She Figures: Women and Science 2015
Under-representation of women in science greater in Switzerland than in Europe.
More women publishing top medical papers
Female researchers now account for 37 per cent of first authors in medicine’s top journals, says US study
Women Also Know Stuff
Women Also Know Stuff is a website dedicated to promoting the work of women political scientists.
The Subtle Ways Gender Gaps Persist in Science
Women do more of the day-to-day labor of science while men are credited with more of the big-picture thinking.
Women under-represented in world’s science academies
Fewer than half of academies have policies in place to boost gender equality in membership.
Harvard Business School case study
When the members of the Harvard Business School class of 2013 gathered in May to celebrate the end of their studies, there was little visible evidence of the experiment they had undergone for the last two years.
Ein Leben lang Feministin
Beate Schücking ist eine von sehr wenigen Frauen an der Spitze einer deutschen Universität. Sie wurde bekannt, als die Uni Leipzig beschloss, Hochschullehrer als "Professorin" zu bezeichnen.
Someone is showing what it'd be like if male scientists were written about like women
"A devout husband and father, Darwin balanced his family duties with the study of the specimens he brought from his travels."
EuroScientist gender balance special issue
A wealth of opinions describing what remains to be done to resolve gender issues.
Seven actionable strategies for advancing women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Seven actionable strategies for advancing women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
A shortlist of recommendations to promote gender equality in science and stimulate future efforts to level the field.
When teamwork doesn't work for women
New evidence suggests that the underrepresentation of women reflects a systemic bias in that marketplace: a failure to give women full credit for collaborative work done with men.
For female scientists, mixed funding results at US agencies
A new study by a congressional watchdog agency finds that female scientists are less likely than men to receive research grants from the U.S. government.
Gender breakdown at course level
The proportion of male and female students varies widely across different subjects in UK universities.
100 Women 2015: How can we stop unconscious bias?
We can't avoid making snap decisions about other people. Or can we?
The weaker sex
At first glance the patriarchy appears to be thriving. Yet there is plenty of cause for concern. Men cluster at the bottom as well as the top.
When women are missing from peer review
Whether and how gender affects the selection of reviewers.
Equality gives men better lives
If you live in one of the more gender equal countries in Europe, the chances of having high quality of life are about twice as big as for those living in one of the less gender equal counties. Moreover, the chances of depression, divorce, or becoming a victim of violent death are smaller.
Fair allocation?
A research review on funding and gender produced by the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, Gothenburg University.
What really keeps women out of tech
Technology companies know they have a gender and diversity problem in their work force, and they are finally taking steps to try to fix it.
Why colleges need more professors of color
While colleges often focus on increasing the diversity of their student body, educators say that same emphasis is necessary for hiring professors.
NIH addresses the science of diversity
A fresh take on scientific workforce diversity approaching it as a scientific opportunity rather than as an intractable problem.