Tagged: gender

Why Wikipedia often overlooks stories of women in history - Guest Work

Guest Work • Mar 20, 2018 •

• biography,
• editing,
• education,
• gender,
• gender bias,
• gender representation,
• google translate,
• journalism,
• libraries,
• LinkedIn,
• media,
• online,
• students,
• technology,
• undergraduate,
• username,
• Wikipedia,
• women,
• women in red,
• writing

Tamar Carroll, Rochester Institute of Technology and Lara Nicosia, Rochester Institute of Technology This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Movements like #MeToo are drawing increased attention to the systemic discrimination facing women in a range of professional fields, from Hollywood and journalism to banking and government. Discrimination is … Read More

Yes the ‘cheerleader effect’ is real – and you can make it work in your favour - Guest Work

Guest Work • Mar 05, 2018 •

• attraction,
• attractiveness,
• categrosiation,
• cheerleader effect,
• ebbinghaus illusion,
• evolution,
• gender,
• group,
• indibidual,
• peers,
• Psychology,
• sex,
• sitcoms,
• studies

Evita March, Federation University Australia This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. When it comes to presenting yourself online – such as your profile pic for Facebook or even Tinder – which type of photo do you chose? The selfie you’ve taken after careful consideration of lighting, hair and maybe makeup? … Read More

How talented kids from low-income families become America’s ‘Lost Einsteins’ - Guest Work

Guest Work • Jan 30, 2018 •

• America,
• child development,
• class,
• Creativity,
• education,
• gender,
• innovation,
• invention,
• maths,
• Patent,
• poor,
• privilege,
• rich,
• socioeconomic,
• talent

Alexander Bell, Harvard University; John Van Reenen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Raj Chetty, Stanford University, and Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation … Read More

We need to get serious about mens’ health, say NZ doctors. - News

John Kerr • Oct 08, 2017 •

• gender,
• health inequalities,
• males,
• masculinity,
• mens health

Kiwi blokes have a lower life expectancy than women, are more likely to fall foul of accidents and certain diseases, and are less likely to seek medical advice. It’s time to sort out men’s health, say a group of New Zealand doctors. Prof David Baxter and colleagues tackle the topic of men’s health in the latest issue of the New … Read More

NZ political parties’ transgender health plans - Honest Universe

Mark Hanna • Aug 31, 2017 •

• gender,
• gender affirmation surgery,
• politics health,
• transgender

Access to gender affirmation surgery in New Zealand is abysmal, with waiting lists that are decades long. I’ve asked our major political parties what they will do about it if elected. On the 27th of July, I sent emails to four political parties outlining the issue of access to gender affirmation surgery*. I contacted the healthcare spokespersons for the Green, … Read More

Women paid less for same contribution to work, and sexism is to blame – study - Guest Work

Guest Work • Aug 29, 2017 •

• equality,
• gender,
• pay gap,
• sexism,
• wage gap,
• wages

By Isabelle Sin, Victoria University of Wellington Women are being paid less to do the same job as men, judging by the productivity of male and female employees. Our study found that women are paid 16% less for making a contribution of the same value to their employer. We used wage data and productivity data from the … Read More

How your daughter’s future doors may already be closed by the time she is six - Nano Girl

Michelle Dickinson • Mar 17, 2017 •

• brilliant,
• education,
• engineering,
• gender,
• girls,
• identity,
• perceptions,
• Science

Imagine you are reading a story to a child; the story goes something like this:   “There is one person at work who is really, really smart. They can figure out how to do things quickly, they come up with answers much faster and better than anyone else.  Now imagine telling this story: “There is one person at work who is … Read More

Marriage, kids, and the wage gap - The Dismal Science

Paul Walker • Mar 11, 2017 •

• academia,
• equality,
• Family,
• gender,
• gender equality,
• income,
• Science,
• STEM,
• wage gap

The career dynamics of the gender gap for graduates of the Chicago Business School, as studied by Bertrand, Goldin, and Katz (2010), illustrate a common pattern. While women and men start their careers with similar earnings, a substantial gap arises over time, and the arrival of children is a major concurrent factor in the rising earnings gap. At least in … Read More

Women aren’t failing at science — science is failing women - Guest Work

Guest Work • Mar 01, 2017 •

• gender,
• glass ceiling,
• international,
• publishing,
• STEM,
• UN,
• women

By Lorena Rivera León, United Nations University Female research scientists are more productive than their male colleagues, though they are widely perceived as being less so. Women are also rewarded less for their scientific achievements. That’s according to my team’s recent study for United Nations University – Merit on gender inequality in scientific research in Mexico, published as … Read More

Reframing innovation in New Zealand Part 2 - Ice Doctor

Victoria Metcalf • Aug 10, 2016 •

• gender,
• gender equality,
• gender pay gap,
• innovation,
• interdisciplinarity,
• interdisciplinary,
• leadership,
• R&D,
• Science,
• university

The assignment from Te Punaha Matatini – to think about how we might reframe innovation in the New Zealand context and to use the available data from Figure.NZ to do so – has given me pause to consider some often overlooked and what I believe are pivotal components to creating a brighter future – diversity (in this piece, focussing … Read More