More women in a STEM field leads people to label it a ‘soft science’ Communications & Technology One factor that influences the use of the labels “soft science” or “hard science” is gender bias, according to recent research my colleagues and I
Six ways women are shut out of decision-making March 9, 2021 By Jensine Larsen Career Matters In October 2020, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that “COVID-19 could wipe out a generation of fragile progress towards gender equality”. Addressing the gendered impact
Here’s how to achieve gender equality after the pandemic April 27, 2020 By Katica Roy Career Advice Our response to COVID-19 is fundamentally a question of who we are. When we say that ensuring the wellbeing of half the world’s population matters,
Canada tops civil service gender parity rankings, while USA slips down April 21, 2020 By The Mandarin Federal Canada has topped a league table ranking G20 countries by the proportion of women amongst their senior civil servants, with a 48.1% figure putting it
The gender qualification gap: women ‘over-invest’ in workplace capabilities November 20, 2018 By Leonora Risse Career Advice It took a Nobel Prize before Canadian physicist Donna Strickland got promoted to a full professorship. As anecdotal evidence that women have to prove themselves even more than
Elizabeth Cosson appointed DVA secretary, Turnbull announces gender parity at the top April 11, 2018 By Stephen Easton News The secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Simon Lewis, has handed in his resignation and Elizabeth Cosson has been chosen to step into the
