News & Views How COVID-19 risks reversing the gender equity gains made by Women in STEM The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded pre-existing gender inequity for women in STEM and caused significant career disruption to female researchers.
Game Changers How has COVID19 impacted Indigenous women in STEM? During COVID-19, Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander communities were disproportionately affected. Jessie Tu examines how it has impacted women in STEM.
News & Views Professor Tanya Monro has managed remote teams while caring for small kids at home, the now Chief Defence Scientist says flexibility & passion are key 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
News & Views World renowned HIV scientist Professor Gita Ramjee dies of COVID-19 complications Professor Gita Ramjee was a critical player in the field of HIV prevention clinical trials, tirelessly working to find HIV prevention solutions for women.
News & Views ‘Change is a verb’ so talk won’t cut it: A wrap up from Catalysing Gender Equity 2020 380 delegates from across the STEM sector gathered in Adelaide last week for the Catalysing Gender Equity 2020 conference.
News & Views ‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Women of colour in science face a subtly hostile work environment It’s hard for women to succeed in science. Our research shows it’s even harder for women of colour, writes Meredith Nash and Robyn Moore.
News & Views CEO who calls for more applications from women in STEM accused of having ‘gender bias’ Olympia Yarger was shocked when her company received more than 200 applications for its head engineer role last week and not a single one was from a woman.
News & Views At 23, Samira Tollo is challenging the status quo and running an expanding fintech Samira Tollo might be only 23 years-old, but the cryptocurrency marketplace company she co-founded is celebrating its second round of capital investment.
News & Views This is why funding for women in science is such a hard slog Dr Mary Kavurma shares this passionate plea to support women in science by addressing some of the biases occurring, particularly in the fight for funding.
News & Views Women, our world, and the narrative of leadership for the greater good Fabian Dattner shares some excellent leadership lessons from the largest all-female Voyage to Antarctica that had 100 women in STEM on board.
News & Views Dr Rebecca Johnson to become Chief Scientist at Smithsonian museum Dr Rebecca Johnson is set take on a top role as Chief Scientist and Associate Director of Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Leadership What it feels like to meet 100 women in STEM on the way to Antarctica Fabian Dattner is the CEO of Homeward Bound and currently leading the largest all-female voyage to Antarctica. She’s sharing snippets from the journey.