Gender equity across the globe is improving thanks to dedicated efforts, policies, monitoring, training and assessment. However, progress is slow and more needs to be done. Numbers don’t tell the whole story, but quantitative surveys are helping to gauge the situation.
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Primas, F. Gender initiatives in astronomy. Nat Astron 2, 771–772 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0591-0
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