The drive the get more women involved in science should start at an early age. But as one space researcher found out, girls can get nudged out of science at school.
Women need more role models in senior positions to help keep them in STEM careers.
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Attracting women to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is one issue, keeping them there is another.
Professor Amivi Kafui Tete-Benissan (left) teaches cell biology and biochemistry at the University of Lomé, in the capital of Togo.
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Getting more women into science, technology, engineering and maths fields is a process that involves many parts of a society. Several African countries are setting the pace.
Osgood is one of the many female scientists depicted working alongside the Doctor.
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The public outing of a number of high profile scientists in sexual harassment cases shows the current system of protecting women isn’t working. But there is a solution.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today announced the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA). Here’s what it means for science, commercialisation and industry in Australia.
Bright ideas need help to come to fruition.
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Men outnumber women almost two-to one in senior academic positions in Australia’s universities. But there is a way that female academics can play a vital role in bridging that gap.
A new plan will help women ascend to the highest levels in academia.
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Women are just as successful as men at winning grants, but there are far fewer of them applying. The ARC’s new Gender Equality Action Plan aims to redress that.
How much do hiring decisions in academia factor in the gender of the applicant?
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Previous research found a preference in academia for hiring stellar female candidates over stellar male candidates for STEM jobs. A new study investigated what happens if applicants aren’t as evenly matched.
The new ‘science play’ Photograph 51 is hot on the heels of a host of others, including Stoppard’s The Hard Problem. Why are audiences attracted to these right now?
Why should astronomy be different from any other field when it comes to sexual harassment?
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Men are harsher critics of research that reports evidence of gender bias in STEM fields, while women find it more compelling. How can we deal with the reality when we’re biased about bias?
Being made to feel you don’t belong in your chosen field is stressful.
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Being underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math means women can be made to feel they don’t belong, with long-term mental health consequences.
Africa needs women scientists and researchers like the Ivory Coast’s Dr Celine Nobah, pictured here at work. What can be done to develop female researchers?
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Policies at universities and in research institutions can be changed in small and significant ways to boost the space for gender equity within the sciences.