Male-only programmes at four in 10 Indian scientific conferences

Organisers refused to engage with the problem, or offered a series of stock excuses, say campaigners

Published on
October 28, 2020
Last updated
October 30, 2020
Speaker giving presentation at conference

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Print headline: Four in 10 conferences in India all male

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The point of this article being...? In the UK, 1) there are women only studentships: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/life-sciences/staff-info/support-for-staff/funding-opportunities/women-only-schemes/ 2) women only programmes: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/executive-education/online-programmes/oxford-womens-leadership-development-programme 3) and women are over represented among HE undergraduates: https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2020/03/07/mind-the-gap-gender-differences-in-higher-education/#:~:text=The%20higher%20education%20participation%20level,only%2044.1%25%20for%20young%20men.&text=There%20are%20still%20significant%20gender,to%20study%20most%20STEM%20subjects. Not sure why you choose to pick on Indian? Do you have some hidden agenda?

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