News & Views Women experts on COVID-19 ignored on network television A study looking at the number of experts who appeared on mainstream television on COVID-19 revealed that only 30 percent were women.
News & Views 20 women who blazed a trail in STEM this year In 2020, women in the fields of STEM, climate advocacy and health have made their mark in unprecedented ways.
News & Views A tough time for progress on women in tech, and sexism & harassment continues More than one in five women in IT have experienced sexual harassment and more than half saying they had experienced gender discrimination.
Advice Know your ‘outside advantage’: Tips for making a career reset, and how employers can help The pandemic has seen some accelerated changes we wanted to see happen, including perhaps that long-desired career change?
News & Views How COVID-19 further disadvantaged women in STEM Franklin Women released their Five Year Impact Report, and it’s not good news for women in health and medical research.
News & Views Female dominated industry of retail faces mental health crisis Roughly two-thirds of the retail workforce experienced a mental health condition during the COVID-19 pandemic.
News & Views First ever TIME Kid of the Year goes to 15-year old inventor Gitanjali Rao TIME magazine recognises America’s youngest and most inspiring leaders in Kid of the Year as 15-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao
News & Views The women behind the approval of UK’s first COVID-19 vaccine Britain has become the first Western country to allow mass immunisations against COVID-19 when approved Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine.
News & Views Job hiring algorithms are disadvantaging women A study has revealed that subconscious gender biases from a range of sources leads to unfavourable outcomes for female job applicants.
News & Views More people died from suicide than COVID last month in Japan. Many were women. More people died from suicide than the COVID-19 virus last month in Japan. Many were women. The mental health catastrophe might be rising.
News & Views Six reasons International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women is more urgent than ever Here are six reasons why the International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women is still urgent.
News & Views Dolly Parton made a massive COVID-19 vaccine donation. And it made a difference Parton’s contribution to Moderna’s experimental vaccine is showing promising signs of a cure, with new results proving positive.