As always, we try to bring you the latest news and studies surrounding issues women face in STEM and academia. In hopes to start these conversations and make progress to a more equal environment, we hope you find these posts helpful.
As members of the STEM community, we want to see the data! BBC News recently reviewed an article titled: Gender equality: 'No room at the top for women scientists.' Although women make up nearly 50% of all undergraduate and graduate students, disparate representation occurs at higher rungs of the academic ladder due to issues of harassment, limited opportunities, and exclusion.
Additionally, a nice paper from Nature reports that Committees with implicit biases promote fewer women when they do not believe gender bias exists. Previous research has relied on self-reporting when it comes to the controversial representation of women, which omits the very possible influence of implicit bias, while the current article analyzed real-world applications. In an effort to combat these gender biases, another Nature paper offers some insight on How to ban manels and manferences from scientific meetings.
One very real example of the exclusion of women can be found in Forbes's recently published '100 Most
Innovative Leaders.' And of those 100, guess how many were women? One.
Just 1 out of 100. How can this be? Read on here to learn more about how companies and institutions are taking more steps at becoming self-aware.
On the flip-side, a great win for women can be found in AAAS If/Then Ambassadors initiative. One hundred and twenty-five women across the United States were selected to take part in this opportunity in which they will connect with students both in person and through various channels of social media to promote. The goal for this initiative is to provide role models who represent the diverse array of STEM careers and opportunities that exist in all facets of life -- from entertainment to academia.
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