Celebrating International Women’s Day 2018: A Naturejobs roundup
Gender pay gap persists … Read more
Harassment and assault: ‘Disheartening’ trends
The attitude means that workplace regulations around assault or harassment either don’t exist in the field or aren’t enforced, says Robin Nelson, an anthropologist at Santa Clara University in California. The study follows on from one conducted in 2013 that found that about two-thirds of the 666 women who were surveyed experienced some sort of assault or harassment in the field during their career. Read more
Mentoring: A powerful tool
Rana Dajani, a molecular biologist based at Hashemite University in Zarqa, Jordan, developed the toolkit to inspire female researchers to build the networks they need to support, collaborate and advise one another as they move forward in their careers. Read more
Helping women in research navigate career challenges
Women scientists from nine different countries in the Arab world, under the leadership of institutions such as the Dubai-based agricultural research centre known as ICBA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Islamic Development Bank, have gathered in the UAE to spotlight the major challenges and hurdles that they usually face working in different research fields. Read more
Sexual harassment: A continuing struggle
The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) in Washington DC are conducting a study on how sexual harassment in academia influences the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical and medical workforce. Read more
Ageism “as bad as racism”
Andy Briggs, the UK government’s new adviser on older workers, told The Times this week that 27% of men of UK men aged 65 to 70 are in paid employment, compared to 15% in 2006. The figure for women is 18% and rising, and one in ten people aged over 70 are still working. And employers have an unconscious age bias. Read more
Ada Lovelace Day: The women in science who inspire us – Part 2
Ada Lovelace Day aims to raise the profile of women in science, technology, engineering and maths by encouraging people around the world to talk about the women whose work they admire. We asked staff from across Nature Research who has inspired them. Read more
