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Marie-Francoise Roy opens the annual workshop on the progress of the Gender Gap project in Paris.
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#genderequity #WomenInScience #womeninSTEM #womenintech
Mei-Hung Chiu reports on the regional workshop for Asia held in Taipei in Nov 2017. 36 participants from 12 countries met to develop strategies for the project's success.
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Igle Gledhill summarizes the work done at regional workshop held at AIMS in Cape Town in December 2017.
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#Fact 1 - The Wage Gap is real. People who says it's not haven't read the data.
However, in places like the USA, the wage gap is *not* mostly due to sexism like many #femnist #WomenInScience are claiming it is today. Disparate outcomes doesn't imply disparate treatment.
However, in places like the USA, the wage gap is *not* mostly due to sexism like many #femnist #WomenInScience are claiming it is today. Disparate outcomes doesn't imply disparate treatment.
Women typically choose fields that are lower paying; even in the #STEM fields. To attribute that to sexism only or even mostly is a very dishonest way of deriving an answer for this complex disparity.
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When the US Department of Labor Statistics took into consideration personal choices, non-wage benefits, hours worked, experience, education, and other variables that contributes to the wage gap the percentage of earnings decreases to approximately 3%.
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Today, we are celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering & maths ow.ly/rR2u30fLxVd #AdaLovelaceDay
For #AdaLovelaceDay, we’ll be highlighting the many wonderful #womeninstem that help us understand the world today ow.ly/ehEe30fLzDU
Pratiwi Sudarmono is professor of microbiology @univ_indonesia & the first Indonesian astronaut ow.ly/Djsn30fzS5g #AdaLovelaceDay
