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WiA: Women in Astronomy
Published 5/16/2011 in Gayandhi de Silva Author gsilva
Last week I attended the WiA Workshop here in Sydney. The website is here. I found the workshop very good, even if I didn't get to attend it fully (because of issues related to being a mother)! Having missed the first talk, because I really had to be a parent helper at Year 1 Maths groups, I got there in time to hear the talk by Nicole McKenna from the National Foundation for Australian Women. The point that struck me most was the 'unconscious bias' against female achievers, by both genders. She mentioned a study where students were asked to comment... read more ❯