Ten simple rules for a mom-friendly Academia
Women (and all gender-discriminated people) are underrepresented in science, especially in leadership positions and higher stages of the scientific career. One of the main causes of career abandonment by women is maternity, with many women leaving Academia after having their first child because of t...
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| Publication date: | 2023 |
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| Institution: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
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| Language: | English |
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| author | Sebastián-González, Esther|||0000-0001-7229-1845 |
| author2 | Graciá, Eva|||0000-0003-0790-163X Morán Ordóñez, Alejandra|||0000-0002-5815-6089 Pérez-Ibarra, Irene Sanz-Aguilar, Ana Sobral, Mar |
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| author_browse | Graciá, Eva|||0000-0003-0790-163X Morán Ordóñez, Alejandra|||0000-0002-5815-6089 Pérez-Ibarra, Irene Sanz-Aguilar, Ana Sebastián-González, Esther|||0000-0001-7229-1845 Sobral, Mar |
| author_facet | Sebastián-González, Esther|||0000-0001-7229-1845 Graciá, Eva|||0000-0003-0790-163X Morán Ordóñez, Alejandra|||0000-0002-5815-6089 Pérez-Ibarra, Irene Sanz-Aguilar, Ana Sobral, Mar |
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| description | Women (and all gender-discriminated people) are underrepresented in science, especially in leadership positions and higher stages of the scientific career. One of the main causes of career abandonment by women is maternity, with many women leaving Academia after having their first child because of the career penalties associated with motherhood. Thus, more actions to help scientific moms to balance family and academic work are urgently needed to increase representation of women and other gender discriminated people in Academia. Besides mothers, these rules may also benefit other groups such as mothers-to-be, fathers, caregivers, and women in general. Increasing women representation in science, including mothers, is critical because equality is a fundamental right, and because more diverse working environments are more productive and get to more optimal solutions. Here, we describe 10 simple rules that can be adopted in Academia to halt the abandonment of scientific careers by women after motherhood. We strongly encourage their implementation to increase gender diversity and equality in science. |
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| spelling | Ten simple rules for a mom-friendly Academia Sebastián-González, Esther|||0000-0001-7229-1845 Graciá, Eva|||0000-0003-0790-163X Morán Ordóñez, Alejandra|||0000-0002-5815-6089 Pérez-Ibarra, Irene Sanz-Aguilar, Ana Sobral, Mar Women (and all gender-discriminated people) are underrepresented in science, especially in leadership positions and higher stages of the scientific career. One of the main causes of career abandonment by women is maternity, with many women leaving Academia after having their first child because of the career penalties associated with motherhood. Thus, more actions to help scientific moms to balance family and academic work are urgently needed to increase representation of women and other gender discriminated people in Academia. Besides mothers, these rules may also benefit other groups such as mothers-to-be, fathers, caregivers, and women in general. Increasing women representation in science, including mothers, is critical because equality is a fundamental right, and because more diverse working environments are more productive and get to more optimal solutions. Here, we describe 10 simple rules that can be adopted in Academia to halt the abandonment of scientific careers by women after motherhood. We strongly encourage their implementation to increase gender diversity and equality in science. https://ddd.uab.cat/record/307494 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011284 |
| spellingShingle | Ten simple rules for a mom-friendly Academia Sebastián-González, Esther|||0000-0001-7229-1845 |
| title | Ten simple rules for a mom-friendly Academia |
| title_full | Ten simple rules for a mom-friendly Academia |
| title_fullStr | Ten simple rules for a mom-friendly Academia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ten simple rules for a mom-friendly Academia |
| title_short | Ten simple rules for a mom-friendly Academia |
| title_sort | Ten simple rules for a mom-friendly Academia |
| url | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/307494 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011284 |