Gender Equality

There is a clear lack of equality when it comes to scientific employment between men and women. This problem manifests itself at the University level, and includes the Redwood Center itself. In the summer of 2014, we held a group meeting to begin looking at ways in which we could improve the situation. There were many great ideas and thoughtfully written articles from the Internet put forth.

This page is established in an attempt to keep an electronic record of progress and thoughts towards gender equality at the Redwood Center and in the field of Neuroscience as a whole.

UC Berkeley Specific STEM and Gender Articles

• AWE: Association of Women in EECS
• "Narrowing the Divide" by Holly Williams
• "Do Babies Matter?" by Alexis Shusterman
• LBNL Women in STEM
• Women Outnumber Men in CS Class for First Time
• UC Berkeley Adopts Mentorship Program for Women in STEM Majors

Women in Science

• anneslist: Women in Computational Neuroscience
• Female Mathematicians
• 21st Century Female Science Writers

Women in Techology

• Women Who Code
• Railsbridge: Learn to code with Ruby
• PyLadies: learn to code with Python
• Girl Develop It: Excellent Programming Courses
• Black Girls Code: Women of Color in Technology
• Bay Area Women in Machine Learning and Data Science
• Double Union: Hackerspace for Women
• Mothership Hacker Moms: Hackerspace for Moms

Miscellaneous Resources for and About Women

• UC Berkeley Gender Equity Resource Center
• UC Berkeley Sexual Harassment & Violence Support and Education
• Ada Initiative: supporting women in open technology and culture
• AAS Committee on the Status of Women
• Celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths
• Claiming an Education: Adrienne Rich’s Spectacular 1977 Commencement Address
• NSF ADVANCE: Funding to Increase Representation of Women in STEM
• The Confidence Gap
• Rebuttle to the confidence gap article

Feminism

• Geek Feminism!

Sexism, Harassment and Bias in Academia

• Mentorship in Academia is Sexist and Broken
• How stereotypes impair women's careers in science
• Harassment and assault are commonly experienced by scientists during trainee career stages
• Problems in the Pipeline: Gender, Marriage, and Fertility in the Ivory Tower
• Why a Female Organic Chemist Quit
• Exploring Hidden Bias
• Why we resist unconscious bias
• Women in Academic Science: A Changing Landscape
• How Political Correctness Influences Creativity in Mixed - Sex Work Groups

Sexism, Harassment and Bias in the Tech Industry

• Intersectionality Perspective of a Trans Person in Tech
• Why Women Leave Tech
• Misogyny, Violence, and Nerds
• Why the Trolls Will Always Win

General Resources

• 2012 Report to the President on Increasing STEM Participation
• 2013 STEM Undergraduate Model

Link Contributors

• Sarah Hillenbrand
• Yvonne Fonken
• Sarah Marzen
• Alex Anderson
• Jesse Livezy
• Mike Schachter