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Evidence From Peer Review That Women Are Held to Higher Standards

Evidence From Peer Review That Women Are Held to Higher Standards

Tougher editorial standards and/or biased referee assignment may force women to write better, and may also reduce their productivity.

How Care for Elders, Not Children, Denies Women a Paycheck

How Care for Elders, Not Children, Denies Women a Paycheck

The focus on child care may conceal a bigger barrier to female participation in the labor force: tending to the growing ranks of aging family members.

Study Finds Men Speak Twice as Often as Do Women at Colloquiums

Study Finds Men Speak Twice as Often as Do Women at Colloquiums

Study finds that men speak twice as often as women do at colloquiums, a difference that can't be explained away by rank, speaker pool composition or women's interest in giving talks.

Women Are Invited to Give Fewer Talks Than Men at Top U.S. Universities

Women Are Invited to Give Fewer Talks Than Men at Top U.S. Universities

It’s not because they turn down talks more often, or because there aren’t enough women to invite.

Girls Led to Science, Coding by Retired Educator Who Saw the Need for High-tech Options

Girls Led to Science, Coding by Retired Educator Who Saw the Need for High-tech Options

At Camp Invention in Norwalk, Connecticut, elementary school girls string beads marked with 0s and 1s. They’re getting an introduction to the binary system that underlies computer coding.

Teaching Gender Equality Can Help Tackle Sexual Harassment

Teaching Gender Equality Can Help Tackle Sexual Harassment

Schools must encourage young people to question gender norms and behaviours, and ensure that sex education goes beyond biology

World's First AI-Citizen Sophia is Calling for Women's Rights

World's First AI-Citizen Sophia is Calling for Women's Rights

The Hanson Robotics headline maker is now pushing for women's rights in a country that granted her more rights than it grants most human females.

Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist

Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist

Avoiding bias in grant review is necessary to ensure the best research is funded, regardless of who proposes it.

"It Gnaws Away at Me": Female Scientists Report a Horrifying Culture of Sexual Assault

"It Gnaws Away at Me": Female Scientists Report a Horrifying Culture of Sexual Assault

Research labs and field sites are swarming with men who sexually harass and assault their colleagues. But when women come forward, the perpetrators aren’t punished—the victims are.

First University in Region to Implement Gender Equality Plan

First University in Region to Implement Gender Equality Plan

International University of Sarajevo will become the first University in the region to implement a Gender Equality Plan, which will be funded by the EU through Horizon2020 program.

Male Researchers Given 8 Prestigious Grants, Women Get None

Male Researchers Given 8 Prestigious Grants, Women Get None

"We've been very concerned for a long time about the difference in success rates for men and women applying to our various schemes," said Professor Anne Kelso, CEO of the NHMRC.

Rwanda's First All-Female University Is Training Up The Next Generation Of Women Leaders

Rwanda's First All-Female University Is Training Up The Next Generation Of Women Leaders

Rwanda is the global leader in terms of percentage of women in government, but the idea of women in positions of leadership is still seen as a taboo.

Strong Evidence of Bias Against Research from Low Income Countries

Strong Evidence of Bias Against Research from Low Income Countries

Acceptance rates of articles is higher when first authors come from English-speaking high income countries; and articles from high income countries have higher citation rates. 

STEM Programs Still Missing Mark with Women

STEM Programs Still Missing Mark with Women

The latest 2016 Canadian census information was released this week. Lots of statistics relating to labour, education, commutes to work and migration, among other things.

STEM Degrees Rise, but Disparities Remain

STEM Degrees Rise, but Disparities Remain

Though women earn significantly more bachelor’s degrees than men, they are substantially less likely to obtain a degree in science, technology, engineering or math.

NASA Engineer, 81, Has Worked at Agency Longer Than Any Woman

NASA Engineer, 81, Has Worked at Agency Longer Than Any Woman

Sue Finley began working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory three days before the US space program launched its first satellite.