By Helen Lock and Zofia Niemtus. A new drive is encouraging girls to study science. But is its name, Pretty Curious, sly marketing or sexist stereotyping. More...
20 octobre 2015
20 octobre 2015
News blog: more and more UK universities appointing female leaders
By John Elmes. As Plymouth University announces that its next vice-chancellor is a woman, are we witnessing a shift in the sector. More...
20 octobre 2015
Fellowships ‘succeed in getting female researchers back into scholarship’
By David Matthews. Vast majority find position in STEM-related careers, although fewer stay in research over the longer term. More...
19 octobre 2015
Are assigned readings from women professors different?
By . Do male and female instructors differ in the way they teach international relations (IR)? New evidence suggests that they do. More...18 octobre 2015
For the first time, more American women than men are college grads
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For the first time in history, American women are more likely to have bachelor's degrees than American men. More...
15 octobre 2015
Women taking risks: closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship
By OECD Statistics Directorate. Women entrepreneurship is increasingly recognised as a key source of employment creation and innovation, and for addressing inequalities. McKinsey for example have just published a study estimating that “$12 trillion could be added to global GDP by 2025 by advancing women’s equality.” Women entrepreneurs could be a major part of this, but the latest figures presented in the OECD’s Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2015 show that in OECD countries there are two and a half times more men than women that are self-employed with paid employees. More...
9 octobre 2015
Numérique cherche femmes désespérément
"Malgré les efforts des entreprises pour les attirer, les femmes restent les grandes absentes des métiers du numérique. Pourtant en plein boom. Les stéréotypes sexistes ont la vie dure". En début d'année, le Syntec (Fédération de syndicats professionnels spécialisés dans les professions de l'ingénierie, des services informatiques, des études et du conseil, du recrutement et de la formation professionnelle) annonçait 35 000 postes à pourvoir avec la montée du big data, des réseaux sociaux et du cloud computing.
Liaisons sociales magazine, n° 164, septembre 2015, pp. 52-53
9 octobre 2015
Signature d'une convention pour promouvoir les métiers du nucléaire en direction des femmes
Marie KIRCHNER, présidente de la région Win Normandie et Patrick RESTOUT, principal du lycée Tocqueville de Cherbourg, mais aussi président du campus des métiers et des qualifications de l'industrie des énergies Cotentin Normandie, ont signé, mardi 29 septembre, une convention afin de promouvoir les métiers du nucléaire en direction des femmes. Voir l'article...
4 octobre 2015
On Being A Feminist Role Model in the Classroom, Revisited, Part 2
By Lee Skallerup Bessette. I took piano lessons when I was young and then I played clarinet in high school band. I wasn’t very good at either (poor fine motor skills, short fingers, etc), but I enjoyed playing music, and learned a lot about listening, about rhythm, and how to read music. Read more...4 octobre 2015
On Being A Feminist Role Model in the Classroom, Revisited, Part 1
By Lee Skallerup Bessette. I walk around campus, and almost all of the undergraduate women are dressed in identical athletic wear: short running shorts, oversized unisex cotton t-shirts, runners. I smile internally to myself, because there was a time where I never wore anything other than sweatpants to class and all of my shirts were oversized swimming shirts. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)