The problem when sexism just sounds so darn friendly…
"Something can’t actually be sexist if it’s really, really nice, right? ... Yet there are many comments that, while seemingly complimentary, somehow still feel wrong. These comments may focus on an author’s appearance rather than the content of her writing, or mention how surprising it is that she’…
Of meritocracy's un-meritorious outcomes: Dr Fiona Jenkins on why meritocracy fails women
Dr Fiona Jenkins, philosopher and ANU Gender Institute Convenor was recently an invited guest speaker at the prestigious Cranlana Programme Alumni Speaker Series. This talk was broadcast on ABC Radio National 'Big Ideas' on Wednesday 2nd October at 8pm.
Academic careers and the gender gap
Video recording of recent seminar on 02 September 2013 by Professor Maureen Baker as part of the 2013 Gender Institute Seminar Series: Women in Academia
Wealth of a different kind: Sunrise Children’s Villages, Cambodia
Recording of public lecture by Geraldine Cox of Sunrise Childrens Villages, Cambodia held on 26 September 2013 as part of the Austraian Inspiring Women series.
Academic Careers and the Gender Gap
The third in the 2013 Gender Institute Seminar Series, Women in Academia, was a public lecture presented by Maureen Baker, Professor of Sociology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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…
Why so few? Women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Study of the underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: documents types of gender-based differences affecting women in academia and evidence for what changes can improve the situation. - American Association of University Women (link to study; Jan 2010)
Not yet 50/50: Barriers to the progress of senior women in the APS
Organized by the ANZSOG Institute for Governance as part of the Parliamentary Triangle seminar series. At this Parliamentary Triangle Forum you will hear from the Institute, the differing perceptions of SES and EL women and men about what they consider to be the barriers to senior womens’ career…
Gender equality universally embraced, but inequalities acknowledged: Men’s lives often seen as better
Summary of surveys done in many countries on global attitudes surrounding gender equity (e.g. whether men and women should and do have equal opportunities, whether more changes need to be made, whether marriages are more satisfying when wife works, etc), does not cover academia specifically. -…
Diversification of a university faculty: Observations on hiring women faculty in the schools of science and engineering at MIT
Assessment of efforts from the 1970s onward to increase women faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Nancy Hopkins, MIT, USA (link to study; Apr 2006)