Management gender diversity essential in adversity
A study by an international team of researchers suggests that gender-balanced teams help businesses, especially in adverse times.
Economics & Business
Aug 6, 2020
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Hubble turns lens towards gender bias, yielding lessons for Earthlings
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is helping find new ways to combat gender bias, according to new research from the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
Social Sciences
Feb 18, 2020
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Scientists take action to prevent sexual harassment and bias
A diverse group of scientists gathered last December at the Banbury Center in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, to confront how institutions and funding agencies can prevent sexual harassment and gender bias in the STEM workforce.
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2019
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Doing more with less: Flexible, reduced-load jobs a win-win for workers, employers
Attracting and retaining the best and brightest employees with an unemployment rate that is hovering near a 50-year low is a challenge for companies.
Economics & Business
Aug 1, 2019
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Power shift needed to improve gender balance in energy research, report says
Women still face significant barriers in forging successful and influential careers in UK energy research, a new high-level report has revealed.
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2019
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Gender parity: Not a foregone conclusion in all fields
Women constitute approximately 47 percent of the workforce yet they are still underrepresented at the highest levels of business, government, medical and academic hierarchies.
General Physics
Apr 1, 2019
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My CV is gender biased. Here's what I plan to do about it
As a woman working in the environmental sciences, it was always obvious to me that most of my colleagues are men. This tended to focus my attention on surviving in a field in which I automatically contribute to diversity ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2019
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Brexit is one of the greatest threats to women's rights: study
Brexit is one the greatest threats to women's rights and social inclusion, a new study in the Journal of Social Policy and Society reports.
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2018
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Research offers new hope for gender equity in STEM fields
Men continue to be much more likely to earn a degree in STEM fields than women, despite efforts made over the last few decades. New research from Cornell's Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI) on fields of environmental ...
Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2017
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Step by step, we're tackling gender equity in Australian astronomy
The number of women at the most senior levels in the Australian astronomical community remains low despite many positive steps in supporting gender equity. Women make up only 17% of positions at full or associate professor ...
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2017
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