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Focus On Gender
Jun. 25th, 2015 10:51 pmSex, Power and Scientific Influence
http://allafrica.com/stories/201506250822.html
On 4 June, chemist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was selected as president of Mauritius, the first woman to preside over this small island in the Indian Ocean. Just a week later, Nobel laureate Tim Hunt was forced to resign from his post as honorary professor at University College London, United Kingdom, following his now notorious comments at a South Korean conference about the "trouble with girls" in laboratories.
While the two events are not directly connected, their timely juxtaposition raises important questions about gender, power and influence in the global scientific community.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201506250822.html
On 4 June, chemist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was selected as president of Mauritius, the first woman to preside over this small island in the Indian Ocean. Just a week later, Nobel laureate Tim Hunt was forced to resign from his post as honorary professor at University College London, United Kingdom, following his now notorious comments at a South Korean conference about the "trouble with girls" in laboratories.
While the two events are not directly connected, their timely juxtaposition raises important questions about gender, power and influence in the global scientific community.
