Do men control the key student societies at university?
My campus survey shows a lack of female leadership in areas where women are underrepresented later in life.
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Does it matter that there aren't more women in science?
A bibliometric analysis in Nature purports to confirm that women scientists are discriminated against. But the full picture might be much more interesting.
Global gender disparities in science
Cassidy R. Sugimoto and colleagues present a bibliometric analysis confirming that gender imbalances persist in research output worldwide.
Women scientists less likely to receive funding
Researchers uncovered evidence of women scientists working in the field of infectious diseases being disadvantaged in crucial funding allocations for more than a decade in the UK.
Sex and gender analysis policies of major granting agencies
A variety of international, national, and private granting organizations require sex and gender analysis.
Six steps to fairer funding for female scientists
Although approximately 50% of PhD students and postdoctoral scientists are female, males run the majority of research laboratories. Despite some reform over the past three decades, there is still an exodus of female scientists from academic research at the transitional stage between a postdoctoral researcher and laboratory head.
We need to talk about sexism in science
The events that culminated in the resignation of Bora Zivkovic from Scientific American last week demonstrate that women in science face a long struggle to root out sexism.
The gender gap map in science
A portrait from UNESCO shows where women are well represented among employed scientists, and where they are rare.
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