Four research institutions were named EU Gender Equality Champions for creating more inclusive and gender-equal research environments. With measures such as boosting parental support and mentoring, or ...

Through its Women in Science (WiS) Initiative, UNESCO is committed to serving as a continental coordination platform that ...

Despite the steady increase in women pursuing careers in STEM - rising from approximately 8% of the research workforce in 1970 to nearly 30% today - women ...

Advancing gender equality in science is essential to building effective, inclusive and sustainable science, technology and innovation (STI) systems. Yet women represent only around one-third of ...

Cell, the flagship biology journal of Cell Press, presents a landmark issue on sex and gender in science. It includes a collection of articles on topics related to strategies for promoting gender ...

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infinite Computer Solutions – a leading global technology solution provider – has partnered with Girl Up, a United Nations Foundation initiative, and its affiliate, ...

Women have a valuable role to play across scientific disciplines - but can’t do this without proper support. Katleho Seisa/Getty Images Women remain under-represented in science careers and research ...

In their pursuit of science and discovery, the few female scientists at MIT in the late 20th century found themselves faced with hurdles related to their gender, rather than their research. So they ...

Kenya has made notable progress in bridging the gender gaps, according to the latest Global Gender Gap Index. The 2024 list by the World Economic Forum indicates that the country has moved from the ...

Blunt instruments like gender quotas do little to improve the lives of most women. Instead, they risk creating the unfair ...

Your recent article, “Research Finds No Gender Bias in Academic Science,” by Katherine Knott, provokes with a title that doesn’t accurately reflect the actual results of the research your article ...