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)
Women in Science: Career Processes and Outcomes
Xie, Yu, and Kimberlee A. Shauman. 2003. Women in Science: Career Processes and Outcomes. Harvard University Press.
Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower
Mason, May Ann, Nicholas H. Wolfinger, and Marc Goulden. 2013. Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower. Rutgers University Press.
Statistics and reports for gender equality at ANU
The Equal Opportunity (EO) for women reports, available annually, detail the number of men and women at each academic and executive level within the university. Further data such as the number of men and women by college and school are detailed in each of the pdfs linked under 'Statistics'. - ANU (…
How long can you wait to have a baby?
"Deep anxiety about the ability to have children later in life plagues many women. But the decline in fertility over the course of a woman’s 30s has been oversold. Here’s what the statistics really tell us—and what they don’t. ..." - The Atlantic (link to full post)
The life history of an ecology Ph.D.
"What is the outlook for ecology PhD’s in today’s job climate? A little background research made it clear that the Ecology PhD’s life history is convoluted and remains obscure. To explore the career climate, I delved into the literature and talked to people recently on the job market. ..." -…
Women in Philosophy: what needs to change
Gender Institute Convenor Fiona Jenkins kicked off the 2013 Gender Institute seminar series, 'Women in academia', on June 3 with a discussion of recent developments in the conceptualisation of gender inequity within academia in the context of her co-edited book Women in Philosophy: What Needs to…
Nature discussion on Australian female science fellows
Australian science needs more female fellows "The Australian Academy of Science must take urgent steps to address the lack of gender equality among its elected fellows, warns Douglas Hilton. ..." - Douglas Hilton, Nature, 01 May 2013 (link to full post) Response: Australian…
How to manage the logistics of traveling while breastfeeding
"Traveling to Meetings While Breastfeeding" - Dynamic Ecology (link)