Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology symposia

"We analysed the sex ratio of presenters at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) Congress 2011, where all abstract submissions were accepted for presentation. Women were under-represented among invited speakers at symposia (15% women) compared to all presenters (46%), regular oral presenters (41%) and plenary speakers (25%). ..."

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Schroeder J et al. 2013. Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology symposia. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26:2063–2069. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12198

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