By Curt Rice. The future is bleak for women in leadership positions due to our unconscious urge to favour men. If you're a modern Rip Van Winkle, you haven't missed much when it comes to the presence of women in top leadership. In fact, you'd probably have to extend your siesta for another 70 years if you'd like to wake up to a society with equal opportunities for men and women. More...
Jeudi, 10 Juillet 2014 - Montbéliard
Annaïck Morvan, déléguée régionale aux droits des femmes et à l'égalité, a reçu Patrice Granier et Françoise Divisia, deux experts européens, pour aborder l'aide au retour à l'emploi après un congé parental. En effet, 40 % des parents connaissent le chômage à la fin du dispositif. Pour remédier à cette situation, un dispositif de réinsertion est testé dans 9 régions, dont la Bretagne.
Source Ouest-France, 29/05/14
By Janet Beer and Simonetta Manfredi. Women now form 56.5% of the student body, make up 53.8% of the whole workforce and occupy 45% of academic jobs in higher education in the United Kingdom. But their representation declines dramatically at senior management levels, where only 27.5% of managers are women. In vice-chancellor and principal roles, this is even lower: only 17% are women, or 29 out of 166 in 2013-14.
In order to shed some light on the possible causes of such a striking gender imbalance in leadership positions in the sector, the Equality Challenge Unit and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education commissioned some research from the Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice at Oxford Brookes University, in partnership with Learning for Good. More...
By Jonah Newman. Walk into the president’s office at a public research university, and chances are high that the person behind the desk is a man. An 84-percent chance, in fact. According to new data from The Chronicle’s annual survey of executive compensation, women accounted for just 40 of the 254 people who served as chief executives of public universities and public-college systems in 2012-13. More...
By Paul Basken. The National Institutes of Health announced on Wednesday a new policy requiring that both sexes be represented among the subjects of preclinical biomedical research it finances involving animal and cell models. More than two decades after requiring gender balance among human beings in the trials themselves, NIH leaders said they now realize that the same step should be applied to the laboratory experiments that inform those trials. The policy reflects a widespread recognition of differences in how men and women differ in their responses to medical treatments, the NIH’s director, Francis S. Collins, and the director of the NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health, Janine A. Clayton, wrote in an article in Nature announcing the policy. More...
By Natascia Lypny. Regina has become the location of a “critical mass” of women supporting women in traditionally male-dominated fields. That group will get stronger this week when the Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology conference comes to town.
The three-day event will add voices to an increasingly loud chorus of local organizations, corporations and educational institutions devoted to the cause. Central to many of these groups is mentorship — the theme of the conference.
While completing her undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, conference chair Dena McMartin looked up to the only female faculty member in the department. More...
By Tim Goral. How university leaders can help level the playing field
According to the “For Women in Science” report, there is a shockingly low number of women in science. Does that surprise you?
I’m not surprised by the numbers, but I’m disappointed in them. Science needs women and women need science. If gender equality existed today, the world would have 300,000 additional scientists and researchers, which, when we think about it, means, going forward, a pool of three million potential women scientists in the next 10 years. More...
By Abby Young-Powell and . Half of trans students have considered dropping out of uni and they say lack of gender-neutral toilets and policies are an issue. One in five LGBT students, and a third of trans students, have experienced bullying or harassment on campus, according to new research by the National Union of Students (NUS). More...
By Cait Wills. Conference discussed ways that the health-care system can stigmatize people with different sexual orientation.
A group of students in the faculty of medicine and dentistry at the University of Alberta held a conference aimed at breaking down barriers for sexual minorities. The Inclusive Health Conference was proposed by Anthony Lott, a medical student in his final year, and organized by the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Advocacy Committee in the faculty of medicine. It took place May 3 on campus, attracting some 50 participants. More...
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