ARTICLES

Sometimes, things you must do to promote diversity, inclusion and gender equity can be hard. They can be tiring, long and feel (very) hard won. Well, using i...

Chances are, you’ve heard about the STEM ‘pipeline problem’. It is normally described as leaky or broken, and used to explain why we don’t have enough women ...

‘Unconscious bias’ is the current buzzword in gender equity. Organisations are running unconscious bias training left, right, and centre, and are we seeing m...

After publishing an introductory article on microaggressions, women with 20+ years’ work experience shared that it was the first time that they had words to ...

A woman’s experience in STEM can often be described as ‘death by a thousand cuts.’ What are these cuts? Some are big – pay gap, sexual harassment and even as...

When any STEM company wants to address the gender inequity in their organisation, they will almost certainly propose a mentoring program for women. Mentoring...

Inclusive language is one of the key components of inclusive cultures. I have written about my journey in unlearning the infantilisation of women in my langu...

In 2017, I set myself the goal of correcting the biased language I found myself using almost every day. Coming out of my early twenties, I started to notice ...

“I don’t want to be treated differently, I just want to be treated equally.” Years ago, I was defending myself to a male lecturer who was criticising a women...

If you were to attend a gender equity symposium, seminar, or any other event, you will most likely find yourself amongst a sea of women and only a few men sp...

We couldn’t have a gender equity project without breaking down exactly what we mean when we talk about gender. When we talk about women and girls, we often m...

“You don’t look like an engineer.” “Wow, you must be smart.” “Good on you for doing engineering. You’re so brave.” If you are a woman in engineering, you’ve ...