We work to better the position of all who identify as women working in the sciences, including those practicing, teaching or supporting science and those studying science at tertiary level.
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Plant ecophysiologist Associate Professor Cate Macinnis-Ng has been recognised for her mentoring of other women in science with this year’s Dell Award from the Association for Women in the Sciences (AWIS).
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Read The full storyNominations are now open for the 2023 Miriam Dell Award for Excellence in Science Mentoring.
Read The full storyThe Association for Women in the Sciences is one of seventeen organisations, representing hundreds of thousands of female scientists globally, who have come together to call on research funders to take immediate action to eliminate gender inequities in the funding system and promote inclusion of caregivers in the STEMM sector (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine).
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Read The full storyHow biased are you? Take the online Implicit Association tests from Harvard to see if what you think you know about yourself is right. Our National Convenor took the gender-science test and came out neutral (phew!). But when we look at the proportion of test takers who align science with male it's alarming (yet not surprising). 👩🔬v👨🔬 Take the tests here: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html #projectimplicit