Targets and initiatives are a start but both men and women already in the field need to offer a helping hand.
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Separating girls and boys takes away opportunities to learn from one another. It also encourages stereotyping and sexism.
Letters from would-be girl astronauts in the 1960s tell part of the complicated story of sexism – in both NASA and the US at large – at the dawn of the space age.
New research on gendered roles in top-grossing movies has found that 83% of characters in family films with a STEM career are men.
Masculine cultures foster a greater sense of belonging and ability to be successful in boys than they do in girls.
Most people have a very limited understanding of what engineers do – and we engineers don't do a good job of expanding that view. But if we did, the benefits could be impressive.
Lovelace showed great insight into her subject and for that she's still a hero to others.
Men still outnumber women in senior positions in Australian universities and other workplaces. Women are pushing for change but it's men who can help redress the gender balance.
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.
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.
If we want a genuine ideas boom in Australia, then we need to remove the barriers preventing women from reaching the highest levels in science.
The FIRST robotics competition brings school students together to build a robot to complete a challenge. And it's an inspiring way to encourage interest in STEM.
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.
It's fitting that on International Women's Day we recognise the fact that greater diversity in science boosts research and its economic outcomes.
The push to bridge the gender gap and encourage more women and girls into a career in science gets the backing of the United Nations special day.
The limits of fertility and an elongated academic career path are currently at odds. If the choice to bear children contributes to the 'leaky pipeline' of women in STEM, what can be done?
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.
Innovation is all the rage, but it require real reform to promote. Here are five things we could do to improve innovation in Australia.
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?
Top contributors
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Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor, UNSW
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Senior lecturer, Australian National University
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Conservation Biologist, The University of Queensland
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Chief Scientist, CSIRO
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Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Tasmania
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Professor and Dean of Science, UNSW
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Social Researcher, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney
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Professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Public Affairs and Associate Director of the Center for Science, Technology and Environmental Policy Studies, Arizona State University
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Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO
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Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic Innovation & Change), Professor of Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology
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Deputy Vice Chancellor Research & Innovation, University of South Australia
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Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Alice Gorman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES), Victoria University
