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Quotas, Good and Bad
I have always felt that the idea of quotas – for increasing the number of women on FTSE100 Boards, for instance – is a bad idea because it implies women need help in order to get themselves into positions of … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged appointment committees, EU, Nicole Dewandre, positive action, positive discrimination
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Progress at MIT
This week saw the publication of a report from MIT entitled: A Report on the Status of Women Faculty in the Schools of Science and Engineering at MIT, 2011. This is a follow up report to an earlier ground-breaking report … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged committee work, mentor, MIT, positive discrimination, stereotyping, women
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