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Are you looking for data on gender or racial disparities in funding, best practices to host more inclusive meetings, testimonials and insights from diverse scientists, or examples of institutional actions to support mental health and well-being? Find all this and more on the searchable ALBA database of over 1000 resources, curated and categorised by topic, type and group identity.

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Equality, diversity and inclusion at universities : the power of a systemic approach

What we are therefore offering in this paper is (1) an overview of the benefits that a strategic approach to EDI can bring to universities (2) an introduction to the most recent and relevant research evidence on EDI issues in academia (3) an invitation for university leaders to fully equip themselves to recognise and address the particular challenges of EDI at research-intensive institutions (4) an overview of inspiring and practical examples of actions that can be taken.

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Description and Prescription: How Gender Stereotypes Prevent Women's Ascent Up the Organizational Ladder

This review article posits that the scarcity of women at the upper levels of organizations is a consequence of gender bias in evaluations. It is proposed that gender stereotypes and the expectations they produce about both what women are like (descriptive) and how they should behave (prescriptive) can result in devaluation of their performance, denial of credit to them for their successes, or their penalization for being competent.

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A Gratifying First Step Toward Achieving Gender Equity in Neuroscience

Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy experimented with ways to eliminate unconscious bias in the scientific programs they influence. The following is a case study that shows how.

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Building an Inclusive Community: What Science Departments Can Do

Improving the climate of an institution benefits all members of the community. It improves the stability of each department; increases faculty and student productivity; leads to higher recruitment and retention rates of both faculty and students; promotes respect, collegiality, collaboration, and cooperation; and improves the quality of the science within each department.

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Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) 

The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES) comprises a number of international organizations who took part in the project "A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It?" to promote gender equality in science.

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