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I would just like to point you all to:

http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2012/09/24/why-arent-there-more-women
-at-stem-conferences-this-time-its-statistical/female-conference-speaker-bi
ngo/

Speaks for itself really (pun originally not intended... ;-)  )

On 24/02/14 10:33 PM, "Roland Nitschke"
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>I have to comment on this, as I invited all the speakers on this list.
>When I started organizing, I had five women (ok, this is only 20%) ,
>perfectly fitting into the topics of this conference on the list, but
>unluckily none of them was free for a talk during the conference time.
>I totally agree with all the points Ulrike brought up in her mail, about
>the difficulties woman are facing in research.
>Looking at the registration up to now, we are running currently at
>around 30% women, which registered to the meeting.
>
>At least in my own lab, the Life Imaging Center
>(http://www.imaging.uni-freiburg.de/team.php), woman are in the majority
>2/3.
>And looking at our 320 users per year in the imaging center, women or at
>almost 50%, so times are changing, but clearly this is a slow process.
>
>Best regards
>
>Roland
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>Am 24.02.2014 11:46, schrieb Boehm, Ulrike:
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>> ... some of you might think! But unfortunately (as pointed out by
>>Jeremy) we are still far away from equal participation of women in
>>research in almost all fields of research! There are still lots of
>>challenges which women in science are facing nowadays to be successful.
>>
>> Please take the time to watch this short documentary which celebrates
>>female scientists and looks at why women are still so under-represented
>>in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics):
>> http://chemicalimbalance.co.uk/project/watch-the-film/
>>
>> Furthermore please read the article "CERN offers UN advice on bringing
>>women into science" which includes lots of recommendations to increase
>>the number of women in science:
>> 
>>http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/april-2013/cern-offers-un-recomme
>>ndations-on-bringing-women-into-science
>>
>> Please join in addition "Women in Research" on Facebook to stay
>>informed:
>> https://www.facebook.com/WomenInResearch
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ulrike
>>
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