The Swiss research landscape suffers from a chronic underrepresentation of women. This can also be seen in the share of women applying for funding at the SNSF. But how did this share evolve over time? And have women been less successful to raise funds?

In this article the decision to collect gender data for Royal Society journals with the aim to identify and respond to potential biases in the peer review process is discussed.

Although the gap is narrowing, prestigious prizes are still more likely to go to men, finds an analysis of gender bias in the world's top science awards.

Several state legislatures have taken steps to restrict access to gender-affirming health care for transgender adolescents. That goes against medical guidelines.

Inventor teams with women represent 16% of filed patents, yet are more likely than male teams to create women's health products.

Female representation now proportionate to UK academia as a whole, even if ethnic minorities still fall short.

Nature highlights three key infographics from the week in science and research.

But a study of the publications of millions of researchers also suggests that women are less likely to continue their academic careers than their male counterparts.

Papers by women in elite medical journals are half as likely to be cited as are similar articles authored by men, research finds.

Women represent nearly 50% of active scientific authors in Portugal. Over the past two decades, the country achieved the largest percentage increase in the EU in women's representation - an impressive nine percentage points, putting Portugal at the leading edge of closing the gender gap in research.

A survey of US medical scientists also found that more women than men have thought about leaving since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An external analysis of 15 years of stories finds men quoted more than twice as often as women.

Studies and surveys confirm that during the COVID-19 pandemic, women's workload at home has increased. Does that mean women researchers are also submitting fewer proposals to the SNSF? Analyses show that, with one exception, their share has remained stable.

Although women now make up a narrow majority of students, few make it to the academic upper echelons in Switzerland. Change is coming about... slowly.

Studies have found that the field is plagued by a singular problem of gender bias. The latest evidence comes from the types of questions posed at seminars.

Policy changes are needed to aid female scientists, emphasized by new data from a global survey of 20,000 Ph.D. holders.

Gender equality is a prime concern of the Swiss National Science Foundation. To offer additional visibilty to women in academia, it is introducing gender quotas in its evaluation bodies with immediate effect.