Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?
Tech companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to improve conditions for female employees. Here’s why not much has changed—and what might actually work.
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More Female Researchers Globally, But Challenges Remain
Despite progress, female researchers remain a minority and publish fewer papers.
Brazil Now A Global Leader In Gender Equality In Science
Brazilian women are leading the world when it comes to a key measurement on science, surpassing the ranking of the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
We Are Never Just Scientists
The gender and racial gaps in scientific professions illustrate the need for greater inclusion at all levels.
Photo Project Spotlights Scientists from Under-Represented Groups
Campaign on Wikipedia seeks to reveal the hidden faces of female scientists and those from minority ethnic groups.
Gender in the Global Research Landscape Report
Gender Report — Analysis of research performance through a gender lens across 20 years, 12 geographies, and 27 subject areas.
Patchy Progress on Fixing Global Gender Disparities in Science
‘Leaky pipeline’ stands the test of time, with overall progress for women in research continuing at a crawl.
Erasmus Prize 2017 Awarded to MichèLe Lamont
The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the 2017 Erasmus Prize to the Canadian cultural sociologist Michèle Lamont.
Research Networks ‘More Important’ for Female Scientists
Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network
Meet 12 Badass Scientists…Who Also Happen to be Women
What do you see when you picture a scientist? Is it a white man in a lab coat? This portrait will smash that stereotype to bits.
Equality in Science: A Mission Still Not Accomplished
In the 1960s three African-American women helped put astronauts into orbit. Hidden Figures tells their story, but women in science are still battling inequality.
10 Black Women in Academia That You Need To Know About
Every single day new advancements are being made in the world of education, but when you look at the media and the people who are making these advancements, you rarely will see a black woman being honored.
Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
Statistical information about the participation of these three groups in science and engineering education and employment.
Looking Inward at Gender Issues
How Science is doing on the front of gender imbalance in authorship.
The Gender Bias in Peer Reviewing Reveals the Sexism in Academia
Even women researchers are more likely to choose men to review their academic papers.
Gender Differences in Recognition for Group Work
Evidence that women and men are judged differently when they co-author papers.
Brand New Year, Same Old Problems
Dame Athene Donald laments the lack of progress on gender issues
It’s Been 53 Years Since a Woman Won the Nobel Prize in Physics. What’s the Holdup?
Female Professors ‘Pay Price for Academic Citizenship’
Women in academia may be losing out salary-wise because they are more focused on tasks that may go unrewarded, a new study suggests
A Blueprint for Getting More Women into Information Technology
How to address high tech’s missing XX factor
Rosalind’s Ghost: Biology, Collaboration, and the Female
Women are still underrepresented in terms of authorships, including first and/or last authorships (whichever is more prestigious), coauthorships, and in the granting of scientific prizes.
Working Group on Gender Balance
Women and men are equally able to perform excellent frontier research. This is the view of ERC Scientific Council. Each process within the ERC - from creating awareness about the ERC to signing of grant agreements – is designed to give equal opportunities to men and women. To monitor gender balance in ERC calls, in 2008, the ERC set up a dedicated working group.
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