In 5 years, this Australian astrophysics lab reached 50% women. Here’s how they did it
- Written by: Emma Ryan-Weber, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3D (ASTRO 3D), Swinburne University of Technology
Cristy Roberts / ASTRO 3DMany organisations, from community sporting groups to the United Nations, have set themselves a target of gender parity: ensuring half of staff or members are women. Gender parity is desirable because training and retaining equal halves of a population’s available talent influences an organisation’s growth,...
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