Women account for a growing share of the global scientific workforce (31.1% of researchers worldwide in 2022, according to UNESCO), yet they remain underrepresented in the organizations that shape ...
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the stories of 3 remarkable female scientists, advancing ...
Artificial intelligence could change the world but the dearth of women in the booming sector will undermine pledges for inclusive technology, top computer scientist Wendy Hall told AFP on Friday. She ...
For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’ve curated a selection of books, films and online communities for ...
National science organizations may have more women members today than a decade ago, but representation at the highest level ...
Across the world, a significant gender gap persists at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines due to lack of research funding, gender stereotypes, and ...
UNESCO’s Call to Action to Close the Gender Gap in Science, launched in February 2024, stresses the need for sustained and collective commitment. The initiative calls for dismantling entrenched gender ...
In order to become an academic staff member, you need to go abroad,” she explains, describing a decision that can carry heavier personal costs for women balancing family expectations. The pressure ...
ALBANY, New York — Tree roots have long served as a useful metaphor for articulating connections between people, places, and ideas. And yet, it’s a limited structure. In the 1980s, French philosophers ...
Sex-dependent immune responses may underlie differences in pain perception between men and women, findings from a new mouse study reveal, opening the way for better treatments.
On Monday, Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle brought six women into space, roughly 62 miles above the earth’s surface, for the first all-women crewed flight since a solo mission in 1963. The ...
While the number of female scientists and engineers in the EU has increased over the past decade, women are still widely ...