Annie Easley was employed by the agency that eventually became NASA where she later developed energy conversion programming that is still used today for hybrid car batteries. 📸nasa.gov 📄code.likeagirl.io #MotsepeFoundation #WomenInSTEM

"We found that, overall, children’s science books pictured males three times more often than females, reinforcing the stereotype that science is a man’s pursuit" uk.news.yahoo.com/children-apos-… #WomenInSTEM

“For women who have made science their career, there is seemingly no scientific explanation to explain the work challenges they face solely because of their gender.” #womeninscience cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

Girls are equally able at STEM-related subjects at school, but are reluctant to choose them for a career. That is linked to a lack of confidence. We're only just starting to tackle the problem wired.co.uk/article/girls-… #WomenInSTEM Daphné

There were 25 black women and 90 black men among 19,000 professors in 2016-17 theguardian.com/education/2018…

"The problem with Reges’ theory of women in computing is that it disregards the voices of women in computing" 👩‍💻👩‍💻👩‍💻 Read Anna Karlin, @jcmankoff, Julie Letchner & Wanda Pratt's response to "women don’t want to code" seattletimes.com/education-lab/… Katherine B. Long #WomenInTech

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell pledges to donate £2.3m Breakthrough prize money to help students underrepresented in physics theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"Appointing more will not immediately bring thousands of new working-class freshers through the academic portals, but it would demonstrate that universities are encouraging working-class intellectual inquiry" - Melanie Reynolds of Oxford Brookes University on #HigherEd's class problem

A new survey has been launched in Scotland to explore the issues faced by women in STEM in their careers, as well as what they want from employers. It's organised by @Purpose_HR, you can find more info and a link to the survey in this article bit.ly/2CJ9ZXe

Loving seeing all the action around the new #SheCanSTEM campaign from Ad Council - "When girls don’t feel encouraged and empowered in STEM, we see serious consequences not only for girls and women, but also for the future of innovation in our country” nytimes.com/2018/09/09/bus…

"What many of us don’t realize is that aside from improving women’s general welfare, access to education is also important for our increasingly global economy" Alison Gutterman in Forbes on why it's time to get serious about educating women around the world forbes.com/sites/ellevate…

Threats of death, rape and other forms of violence have left a number of women researchers feeling concerned for their safety scientificamerican.com/article/as-cli… #WomenInSTEM

This, by Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez, PhD : "I was given terrible advice early on to view other women as adversaries and to outshine them. But the truth is, we rise by lifting each other. And it’s not specific to women." "nature.com/articles/d4158…

The Girls' Attitudes Survey 2018 by @girlguiding has been released, and we are thrilled to see that 43% of girls aged 7-10 enjoy ICT at school compared to 19% in 2009! girlguiding.org.uk/social-action-… #Girlguiding #GirlsinSTEM

As #AccessHE2018 publish a report on the" hyper-diversity" of higher education in London by 2030, Graeme Atherton of NEON London Higher tells us that we should celebrate the difference of universities in the capital rsrch.co/2xAhc5Y

"Women entering cohorts with no female peers are 11.9 percentage points less likely to graduate within six years than their male counterparts" - read about Valerie Bostwick & Bruce Weinberg of @OSU_Econ research on how same-sex peers benefit #WomenInSTEM psmag.com/education/wome…

Another great piece in Mashable's Women Fixing STEM series 👩‍🔬👩‍💻👩‍🏫👩‍🏭👩‍🚀 this time on the women breaking down barriers for #LatinasInSTEM, with Cecilia Aragon, Concha Gomez, Jazlyn Carvajal, Jannie Fernandez & Josie Goytisolo mashable.com/article/latina… Latinas in STEM #WomenInSTEM

"Here’s a question we haven’t asked about structural sexism in academe: Do we still keep citing the scholarship of serial harassers and sexists?" - Nik Usher (they/them) raises interesting points about citation practices in the #MeToo era chronicle.com/article/Should…

Are Black women an anomaly in academia? If so, is it realistic for a Black woman to aspire to be an academic in America? - Read Janelle L. West & Ayana Hardaway's practical and inspirational advice on negotiating academia as a black woman diverseeducation.com/article/127139/

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