Turning the Tide for Academic Women in STEM: A Postpandemic Vision for Supporting Female Scientists.
ACS Nano
; 15(12): 18647-18652, 2021 12 28.
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| ID: mdl-34850631
ABSTRACT
The "leaky pipeline" of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), which is especially acute for academic mothers, continues to be problematic as women face continuous cycles of barriers and obstacles to advancing further in their fields. The severity and prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic both highlighted and exacerbated the unique challenges faced by female graduate students, postdocs, research staff, and principal investigators because of lockdowns, quarantines, school closures, lack of external childcare, and heightened family responsibilities, on top of professional responsibilities. This perspective provides recommendations of specific policies and practices that combat stigmas faced by women in STEM and can help them retain their careers. We discuss actions that can be taken to support women within academic institutions, journals, government/federal centers, university-level departments, and individual research groups. These recommendations are based on prior initiatives that have been successful in having a positive impact on gender equityâa central tenet of our postpandemic vision for the STEM workforce.
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01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
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4_TD
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pandemias
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Risk_factors_studies
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
ACS Nano
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article