women in science

Women are chronically under-represented in scientific studies and professions, according to a new report produced by UNESCO.

Dr Justine Clark is the co-recipient of the 2024 Australian Academy of Science Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist award.

To bring together diverse women in the science and health, Franklin Women and Organon have partnered to launch a Members Connect Series. 

Michelle Hobbs and Stephanie Beaupark have won the 2023 Australian Academy of Science Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award.

A new program funded by the Australian government will award up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to help women in STEM.

Around one in five researchers in Australia have reported receiving death threats or threats of physical or sexual violence, after speaking out about COVID-19 in the media.

Scientists are overworked and underpaid, according to a survey by Professional Scientists Australia and Science & Technology Australia.

Dr Meghan Thomas is one of a few women in the medicinal cannabis industry. What’s her new role going to look like?

These trailblazing women, from differnt areas across the globe, are redefining what we know about health and science.

Why are fewer women, and even fewer BIPOC women, in the sciences than men? Maybe because we’re not seeing them in our textbooks.

Re-prioritize on the fly and only worry about what you can control,” Professor Tanya Monro said at the National Press Club in Canberra this week

This post by Frank Larkins, University of Melbourne and Kylie Walker, Australian National University has been republished from The Conversation.