Female ecologists are falling from the academic ladder: A call for action
Abstract
Science needs diversity to be more innovative and creative but women are still greatly underrepresented in many fields. Brazilian female ecologists get half the amount of grant funding and higher scholarship rejections compared to men. In Brazil, Ecology Post-Graduate programs show a strong decrease in women presence at the highest academic levels. Lower access to project funding, maternity, implicit bias, harassment, no role models can lead to women leaving academia. Involving more women and more people from underrepresented groups will lead to better science and conservation practices.
- Publication:
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Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
- Pub Date:
- July 2022
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2022PEcoC..20..294Z
- Keywords:
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- Scissors effect;
- Women in science;
- CAPES;
- Gender gap;
- STEM;
- Ecology and conservation;
- CNPq researchers