L’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes dans le domaine de la recherche et de l’innovation figure parmi les principes majeurs du projet européen. Un défi primordial car si au départ les femmes sont plus diplômées de l’enseignement supérieur que les hommes parmi les 25 à 34 ans de l’Union européenne, la proportion d’hommes scientifiques ou ingénieurs dans la population active dépasse largement la proportion des femmes. Plus...

The animated “bar chart race” visualization above shows the remarkable rise of women in American higher education over the last 70 years, with projections for the next decade from the Department of Education, for the female share of colleges degrees (Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctor’s) annually from 1950 to 2029. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Political science has a gender publication gap but several studies have found no evidence of bias against women in the journal review process. A new study based on a survey of American Political Science Association members provides some insight into what's going on: a gender submission gap to journals is accompanied by a "gender perception" gap in some cases. More...