
Transsexualität im Beruf: Und dann kam Andrea

By Zane Schwartz. Professor Judy Illes and Dr. Catherine Anderson asked for a more diverse group of scientists to be considered for the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.
Two top Canadian scientists have resigned from the selection committee of the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame over concerns that, for the second year in a row, there are no female candidates among the finalists. More...
Female students -- especially in their first year -- are more likely to actively participate and less likely to feel anxious if they have the chance to work in small groups that are majority female, according to a new study that will appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more...
For the first time in its history, Harvard University hired an equal number of women and men as junior faculty members in 2014-15, according to a new report from its Office of Faculty Development and Diversity. Harvard took on 62 new tenure-track faculty members this year, exactly half of whom were women; 24 percent were minority. Read more...
James Ritchie, a male student, has resigned as women's officer of the student union at the University of Tasmania. Ritchie's recent election to that post set off a furor. He has said repeatedly that he is committed to fighting discrimination against women. Read more...
By Kaitlin Mulhere. Despite increasing attention on diversity issues within academe, colleges and universities still have a ways to go in broadening the repertoire of research on L.G.B.T.Q. studies, according to a book published earlier this year. Read more...
By Sean Ingle. Inaugural victory over men’s course marks an end to decades of inequality.
It was a historic day, when the women’s boat race was staged over the same stretch of the Thames as the men for the first time – and also broadcast live for the first time. So it was appropriate that the winning Oxford boat was called Catalyst. More...
By Charlotte Lytton. As of summer 2015, the historic Women’s Studies programme at Ruskin College will cease to exist. Charlotte Lytton investigates and meets the women battling to save it. Read more...
By . Scotland’s universities have committed to achieving gender balance among the independent members of their governing bodies. More...
Chez les 25-34 ans, les femmes sont plus nombreuses que les hommes à avoir un diplôme de l’enseignement tertiaire dans 33 des 36 pays disposant de données comparables. Des inégalités persistent entre les sexes dans certains domaines : les hommes sont plus nombreux à étudier les sciences, l’informatique et l’ingénierie, tandis que les femmes dominent les domaines de l’éducation, de la santé et de la protection sociale. Malgré un niveau de formation plus élevé, les jeunes femmes affichent toujours un taux d’emploi inférieur à celui des jeunes hommes, même si l’écart entre les sexes est bien plus faible chez les diplômés de l’enseignement tertiaire que chez les individus dont le niveau de formation est inférieur. Les revenus des femmes diplômées de l’enseignement tertiaire représentent environ trois quarts de ceux des hommes, à niveau égal de formation. Ce constat peut s’expliquer en partie par la sous-représentation des femmes aux plus hauts niveaux de l’enseignement tertiaire et dans certains domaines d’études donnant accès à des emplois très rémunérateurs.
Ocde, Indicateurs de l’éducation à la loupe, n°30, mars 2015, 4 p