The gender gap in highly prestigious international research awards, 2001–2020

Meho, Lokman I.

doi:10.1162/qss_a_00148

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“…Between 2001 and 2020, a total of 2011 men were awarded compared to 262 women only ( Watson, 2021 ). Worth mentioning, female scientists annual share of awards has raised from 6% up to 19% between 2016 and 2020 ( Meho, 2021 ). But the gender disparity is still consistent if we consider the average numbers of full-time female researchers particularly in biological, life sciences, computer science and mathematics ( Meho, 2021 ) .…”

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“…Worth mentioning, female scientists annual share of awards has raised from 6% up to 19% between 2016 and 2020 ( Meho, 2021 ). But the gender disparity is still consistent if we consider the average numbers of full-time female researchers particularly in biological, life sciences, computer science and mathematics ( Meho, 2021 ) . In 2020, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna were announced winners of Nobel prize in chemistry for the development of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing methodology, a revolutionary novel tool for gene editing ( Nobel Prize, 2020 ).…”

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The History and Challenges of Women in Genetics: A Focus on Non-Western Women

Elbardisy

Abedalthagafi

2021

Front. Genet.

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“Women in much of the world lack support for fundamental functions of a human life.” This truthful portrait was pointed out by Martha Nussbaum in her book “Introduction: Feminism & International Development.” Throughout history, gender inequality has been persistent in many aspects of life, including health and empowerment. Unfortunately, this inequality has not been excluded from the field of science. Perpetual assumption that women’s absence or restriction to secondary roles in various disciplines is an acceptable law of nature misrepresents women’s contribution to science and maintains hurdles for participation in the future. According to a recent UNESCO’s report, women make up only 30% of researchers worldwide. But despite all the obstacles, women made major contributions with discoveries that shaped the progress in many scientific fields. In the field of genetics, Rosalind Franklin is an example of unwittingly compromised women’s scientific achievements. Franklin was an expert in X-ray crystallography; her data, especially the “photo 51,” was critical to James Watson and Francis Crick along with their own data to publish the discovery of the double helix DNA structure in 1953. Her contribution was acknowledged posthumously in Watson’s memoir in 1968. Barbara McClintock was a 20th century American cytogeneticist who remains up to date the only woman receiving an unshared Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock dedicated her work to cytogenetics and discovered the phenomenon of mobile genes. Her research was initially subjected to skepticism in the 1950s. It was not until the late 1960s that the community realized the significance of McClintock’s discovery. The history of science is occupied with a myriad of similar tales of such inspiring women that, after tremendous struggles, thrived and achieved breakthroughs in their respective fields. It is prominent our limited knowledge of women’s experience and struggle in science in non-western world. Addressing the stories of this outstanding minority is critical to expand the understanding of the gender disparity factors embedded in diverse cultures. In this article, we attempt to put the spotlight on some fascinating non-western women and their significant contributions to the field of genetics.

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Section: Women In Geneticsmentioning

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Section: Women In Geneticsmentioning

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The History and Challenges of Women in Genetics: A Focus on Non-Western Women

Elbardisy

Abedalthagafi

2021

Front. Genet.

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“…En del «tunge» realfagspriser er enda mer maskulint preget. En internasjonal studie av «prestisje tunge» priser viste at kvinner bare mottok 8 prosent av prisene i perioden 2001-2020, med en økende trend i slutten av perioden (Meho 2021). Vedvarende mannsdominans på toppnivå er en faktor som spiller inn, både nedover i karrierestigen og på tvers av fag.…”

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Holter¹,

Snickare²

2021

Likestilling I Akademia – Fra Kunnskap Til Endring

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Gender-Equal Imbalance? Most staff and students at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Oslo University want gender equality, both in the workplace and in their private lives. Yet, since they also assume that academia is a meritocracy, the faculty’s gender imbalance is seen as a result of women and men making different choices. Above all, the vertical gender balance, with more men at the top and in leadership positions, is explained by the fact that women prioritize children and family over an academic career. Our quantitative and qualitative data, however, refute the explanation that women deliberately opt out of an academic career in favour of active parenting. Instead, we show that more women than men have failed to fulfil their own career ambitions. On the other hand, we also note that the potential to combine work and family are different for women and men.

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“…Studies show that, compared with men, women academics produce fewer papers (Larivière et al, 2013; Paul-Hus et al, 2015), receive fewer citations (Caplar et al, 2017; Maliniak et al, 2013), and have narrower collaboration networks (Ductor et al, 2021). Women are also less likely to receive project funding (Ley & Hamilton, 2008; Witteman et al, 2019) or prestigious awards (Lunnemann et al, 2019; Meho, 2021). These gendered differences are usually correlated and mutually reinforcing, contributing to women academics’ lower career satisfaction and higher attrition rates (Xu, 2008).…”

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The gender gap in academic career achievements and the mediation effect of work-family conflict and partner support

Zheng

Yuan

2022

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Parenthood has long been associated with gender disparities in academia. Yet, the underlying mechanism of how parenting is associated with career achievement gaps of academics remains unclear. Using data from a large-scale survey distributed to 7,764 scholars and their publication profiles from the Web of Science database, we analyze the gender differences in parenthood, academic achievements, and the mediation effect of work-family conflict and partner support in these gender gaps. Our results suggest that gender gaps in academic achievements are in fact “parenthood gaps”. Specifically, we found significant gender gaps exist in all measures of objective and subjective career achievements of academics in the parent group but not in the non-parent group. Additionally, mothers are more likely than fathers to experience higher levels of work-family conflict, and receive lower levels of partner support, contributing significantly to the gender gaps in objective and subjective career achievements for the parent group. Findings from this study identify the forms and the impact of parenthood on gender disparities in career achievements of academics and shed light on possible interventions and actions for mitigating gender inequalities in academia.

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The gender gap in highly prestigious international research awards, 2001–2020

Cited by 78 publications

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The History and Challenges of Women in Genetics: A Focus on Non-Western Women

The History and Challenges of Women in Genetics: A Focus on Non-Western Women

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