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How female scientists can confront gender bias in the workplace

Six researchers offer tips for navigating through and beyond gender barriers.
  1. Kendall Powell

    1. Kendall Powell is a freelance writer in Boulder, Colorado.

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There is plenty of evidence to show that gender bias plays out against women in academic hiring, tenure and promotion, as well as in teaching evaluations. The unconscious, ingrained nature of gender bias and discrimination can make these barriers pervasive and hard to prove. Combined with widespread sexual harassment in both laboratories and fieldwork, these phenomena can drive young women away from academic careers.

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Nature 561, 421-423 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06697-3

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