Universities’ Financial Crisis Leaves Women in the Firing Line
Structural inequities and neglect of career development threaten to turn back clock
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Improving Opportunities for Female Scientists in Central Africa
Improving Opportunities for Female Scientists in Central Africa
How a Congolese Foundation supports the development of women scientists.
Empowering Women - a Key to Both Sustainable Energy and Gender Justice
Involving women in implementing solar energy technologies in developing countries not only has great climate impact. A new study published in Nature Energy and carried out by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that empowering women through energy care work can change unjust, gendered norms and long-lived injustices.
A Scientist For President
If elected, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo would bring an extensive background in science and engineering to Mexico’s presidency. But many researchers are anxious about how she would govern.
The Women for Africa Foundation Premieres the Documentary "The Science of African Women"
The Women for Africa Foundation Premieres the Documentary "The Science of African Women"
On 23 May at the Palacio de la Prensa in Madrid
Why Are Women Cited Less Than Men?
Strong evidence suggests that women are not cited less per article than men, but that they accumulate fewer citations over time and at the career level. Cary Wu argues that a focus on research productivity is key to understanding and closing the gender citation gap.
Science Gender Split Still Varies Widely Among EU Countries - Research Professional News
Science Gender Split Still Varies Widely Among EU Countries - Research Professional News
Denmark has the largest share of female scientists and engineers, and Hungary the smallest.
Female Researchers Are Less Influenced by Journal Prestige - Will It Hold Back Their Careers?
Female Researchers Are Less Influenced by Journal Prestige - Will It Hold Back Their Careers?
Drawing on a natural experiment that occurred when German institutions lost access to journals published by Elsevier, W. Benedikt Schmal shows how female researchers made significantly different publication choices to their male counterparts during this period.
One-third of Indian STEM Conferences Have No Women
Women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics faculty are rare, and women speaking at conferences are even rarer.
"We Need More Women," Says Only Female Winner of Millennium Engineering Prize
"We Need More Women," Says Only Female Winner of Millennium Engineering Prize
Women form just 16% of the nominees for next year's award, but Nobel laureate Prof Frances Arnold says gender balance will come through girls working in science from a young age.
Podcast: Gendergap - Was Sind Gründe, Warum Frauen die Wissenschaft Verlassen
Podcast: Gendergap - Was Sind Gründe, Warum Frauen die Wissenschaft Verlassen
Toxic Workplaces Are the Main Reason Women Leave Academic Jobs
Toxic Workplaces Are the Main Reason Women Leave Academic Jobs
Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work-life balance.
The Home Science Labs of English Noblewomen
In the eighteenth century, elite women with a scientific bent often turned to distilling medicines, a craft that helped them participate in experimentation.
When Aggression is Viewed As Brilliance, It Hurts Women in Science, and Science Itself
When Aggression is Viewed As Brilliance, It Hurts Women in Science, and Science Itself
Tearing down ideas is central to scientific practice, but when it bleeds into the interpersonal, science loses its humanity.
Girls Have Overtaken Boys in Science Participation. In Workplaces, It's a Completely Different Story
Girls Have Overtaken Boys in Science Participation. In Workplaces, It's a Completely Different Story
Young women get better grades in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but progress on jobs for women in these industries has been painfully slow.
How Centuries of Sexism Excluded Women from Science - and How to Redress the Balance
How Centuries of Sexism Excluded Women from Science - and How to Redress the Balance
Physicist Athene Donald's research was dismissed as 'cookery'. Now she's written a primer on how to fight back.
African Academy of Sciences Elects First Woman President
South Africa’s Lise Korsten to lead unsettled continental science body. The African Academy of Sciences has elected a new governing council headed by a woman—the first in the organisation’s 37-year history.
Integrating STEM Majors Won't End Gender Segregation at Work
Increasing women's representation in science, technology, engineering, and math majors will reduce-but not nearly eliminate-gender disparities in STEM occupations, Cornell University sociologists report in new research.
Female Students Avoid Science-related Fields
Women are less likely than men to pursue maths-related subjects due to preconceived notions about these fields, despite having comparable mathematical aptitude to men, according to a sociological study by the University of Zurich (UZH).
Celebrate Women in Science - Every Day
Nature asked six women researchers how they celebrate International Women’s Day.
Lazy Movie Stereotypes That Put Women off Science
Film-makers should retire the cliche of the lone male scientific genius.
A Call to Create Funding Equity for Researcher Mums
Mothers in academic research and those who support them say in a report that the funding system can and should remedy gender bias in the sciences.
Saying 'No' in Science Isn't Enough
When women refuse requests to do unrewarded tasks, another female colleague often gets asked instead.
Women Researchers Are Cited Less Than Men. Here's Why-and What Can Be Done About It
Women Researchers Are Cited Less Than Men. Here's Why-and What Can Be Done About It
Two studies of citations in physics highlight factors contributing to this gender disparity.
The Many Versions of a Female Scientist: There's Still More Work to Do to Overcome Stereotypes of Female Scientists
The Many Versions of a Female Scientist: There's Still More Work to Do to Overcome Stereotypes of Female Scientists
Depictions of women in STEM are powerful sources of inspiration for young women who aspire to a career in those fields. But stereotypes of female scientists persist, and we have some way to go to vanquish them.
New Evidence Supports the Rosalind Franklin Phenomenon
What are the factors in women publishing less than men do in science? Or is the issue that women are credited less in science than men?
'Science of Women' Classes Take on the Patriarchy in Kurdish-Held Northeast Syria
'Science of Women' Classes Take on the Patriarchy in Kurdish-Held Northeast Syria
"Now, I see that even the woman has a life."
Bullying in Science: Largest-ever National Survey Reveals Bleak Reality
Bullying in Science: Largest-ever National Survey Reveals Bleak Reality
A study of the culture in academic workplaces suggests that women and PhD students are most likely to be bullied.
Female Scientists Less Likely to Be Given Authorship Credits, Analysis Finds
Female Scientists Less Likely to Be Given Authorship Credits, Analysis Finds
Disparities extend to lower chance of being named on patents and to areas such as healthcare where women dominate
'Ignored and Not Appreciated': Women's Research Contributions Often Go Unrecognized
'Ignored and Not Appreciated': Women's Research Contributions Often Go Unrecognized
Data reveal that to earn credit on scientific articles, women need to work harder than men.
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