JCS Gender Equity Seminars

Published in the Research School of Physics Event Horizon
Vol43 Issue81 6–10 August 2018

Through its Strategic Priorities Plan, the Joint College of Science is committed to addressing gender equity issues in the two Colleges. Each year the JCS host two gender equity seminars featuring speakers who provide a perspective on gender equity issues in STEM.

The mother of all childcare problems: fathers aren’t taking parental leave. A forum called "Why Fathers’ Care Matters: Enabling Gender Equity in Care and Work" will be held at University House, ANU on Thursday the 9th of August. Register for the forum here.

On August 27 Associate Professor Sugimoto of the Indiana University Bloomington will deliver a talk "Gendered Labour Roles and Rewards in Science" examining the multiple layers of gender disparities in science.