The book reporting on the International Science Council study "A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It?" by Marie-Françoise Roy, Collette Guillopé, Mark Cesa, Rachel Ivie, Susan White, Helena Mihaljevic, Lucía Santamaría, Regina Kelly, Merrilyn Goos, Silvina Ponce Dawson, Igle Gledhill, and Mei-Hung Chiu has appeared.

The book reports on a three-year project (2017–2019) funded by the International Science Council and involving eleven scientific partner organizations. The main goal of the project was to investigate the gender gap in STEM disciplines from different angles, globally and across disciplines. The authors have performed (i) a global survey of scientists with more than 32,000 responses; (ii) an investigation of the effect of gender in millions of scientific publications; and (iii) the compilation of best-practice initiatives that address the gender gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences at various levels. It is concluded that the gender gap is very real in science and mathematics.

The authors present methodologies, insights, and tools that have been developed throughout the project, as well as a set of recommendations for different audiences: instructors and parents; educational institutions; scientific unions and other organizations responsible for science policy.

A Webinar with Chelsea Bock, Mark Cesa, Helena Mihaljevic, Merrilyn Goos, and Mei-Hung Chiu took place on September 1, 2020, and granted the possibility to speak directly with the authors on the different aspects of their study.

A link to the study : https://gender-gap-in-science.org/project-book-booklet/

The book can be downloaded from https://zenodo.org/record/3882609

The 8-page booklet can be downloaded from https://gender-gap-in-science.org/promotional-materials/

27-MAR-2020 - LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

A new study of the medical products industry -- the first to examine the impact of female board representation on product recalls -- finds that firms with female directors on their boards announce high-severityrecalls 28-days faster than all-male boards.

Read the article here: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/lu-alr032720.php

https://epws.org/woman-scientist-anna-fontcuberta-i-morral/

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral is winner of the EPS Emmy Noether Distinction in 2015.

Updated on 1 October 2018

From 26 to 28 September, CERN hosted the first workshop on High Energy Theory and Gender focusing on recent developments in theoretical high-energy physics and cosmology, and discussed issues of gender and equal opportunities in the field.

It is unfortunate that one of the 38 presentations, by a scientist from one of the collaborating universities, risks overshadowing the important message and achievements of the event.

CERN, like many members of the community, considers that the presentation, with its attacks on individuals, was unacceptable in any professional context and was contrary to the CERN Code of Conduct. It, therefore, decided to remove the slides from the online repository.

On Monday, 1 October, CERN suspended the scientist from any activity at CERN with immediate effect, pending investigation into last week’s event.

CERN is a culturally diverse organisation bringing together people of many different nationalities. It is a place where everyone is welcome, and all have the same opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, beliefs, gender or sexual orientation.  Indeed, diversity is one of the core values underpinning our Code of Conduct and the Organization is fully committed to promoting diversity and equality at all levels.

CERN always strives to carry out its scientific mission in a peaceful and inclusive environment.
 

CERN considers the presentation delivered by an invited scientist during a workshop on High Energy Theory and Gender as highly offensive. It has therefore decided to remove the slides from the online repository, in line with a Code of Conduct that does not tolerate personal attacks and insults.

The organisers from CERN and several collaborating universities were not aware of the content of the talk prior to the workshop. CERN supports the many members of the community that have expressed their indignation for the unacceptable statements contained in the presentation.
 
CERN is a culturally diverse organisation bringing together people of many different nationalities. It is a place where everyone is welcome, and all have the same opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, beliefs, gender or sexual orientation.

Diversity is a strong reality at CERN, and is also one of the core values underpinning our Code of Conduct.  The Organisation is fully committed to promoting diversity and equality at all levels.

CERN always strives to carry out its scientific mission in a peaceful and inclusive environment.

Footnote(s)

1. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's leading laboratories for particle physics. The Organization is located on the French-Swiss border, with its headquarters in Geneva. Its Member States are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Cyprus, Serbia and Slovenia are Associate Member States in the pre-stage to Membership. India, Lithuania, Pakistan, Turkey and Ukraine are Associate Member States. The European Union, Japan, JINR, the Russian Federation, UNESCO and the United States of America currently have Observer status.

http://press.cern/press-releases/2018/09/updated-statement-cern-stands-diversity