CyberHER: Bridging the gender gap in cybersecurity

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The CyberHER: Bridging the Gender Gap in Cybersecurity project, led by Dr Mohammad Haseeb Zafar, director of the Cybersecurity and Information Networks Centre at Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK, colleague Dr Fiona Carroll, and Dr Sumaira Johar of the Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar, Pakistan, addresses the global gender gap in cybersecurity. By promoting cybersecurity awareness for women, international collaboration, […]

Gender equality in oncology: The importance of representation

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Progress in gender equality in oncology is the key to innovation and leads to the best possible patient outcomes.

The field of oncology has a gender imbalance, with women only occupying a small number of leadership positions. So how can we improve gender equality in oncology? Dr Pilar Garrido, Dr Anna Sophie Berghoff, Dr Cristiana Sessa and colleagues, from the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)’s Women for Oncology (W4O) Committee, are monitoring the representation of female oncologists. Through […]

Gender, performance, and self-efficacy in STEM-related careers

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Does the gender gap observed in IT careers and STEM subjects extend to the performance in the workplace?

The expansion in STEM-related industries has exposed a shortage of qualified labour, particularly females. Dr Matthew J. Liberatore, the John F. Connelly Endowed Chair in Management, and Dr William P. Wagner, Professor of Information Systems, both at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, USA, are investigating whether the gender gap observed in IT careers and STEM subjects extends to the gender and […]