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Nature 448, 749 (16 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448749d; Published online 15 August 2007

International research may leave women adrift

Asha Gopinathan1

  1. GenSci-e-Tech, E 2 Sree Vilas Lane, Kaudiar, Trivandrum 695003, Kerala, India
    Email: dendron.15@gmail.com

The difficulties facing women and under-represented minorities in science and engineering are highlighted in your Naturejobs Special Reports 'Beyond the glass ceiling' and 'Closing the gender gap' (Nature 448, 98–100 and 101–102; 2007). But women from developing countries who work abroad face additional problems, which are not addressed by efforts to help either women or minorities.