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SUMMARY:“The Effects of Limited Resources and Opportunities on Women’s
  Careers in Physics: Results from the Global Survey of Physicists
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DESCRIPTION:The results of the Global Survey of Physicists draw attention 
 to the need to focus on factors other than representation when discussing 
 the situation of women in physics. Previous studies of women in physics ha
 ve mostly focused on the lack of women in the field. This study goes beyon
 d the obvious shortage of women and shows that there are much deeper issue
 s. For the first time\, a multinational study was conducted with 15000 res
 pondents from 130 countries\, showing that problems for women in physics t
 ranscend national borders. Across all countries\, women have fewer resourc
 es and opportunities and are more affected by cultural expectations concer
 ning child care. We show that limited resources and opportunities hurt car
 eer progress\, and because women have fewer opportunities and resources\, 
 their careers progress more slowly. We also show the disproportionate effe
 cts of children on women physicists' careers. Cultural expectations about 
 home and family are difficult to change. However\, for women to have succe
 ssful outcomes and advance in physics\, they must have equal access to res
 ources and opportunities.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?co
 nfId=187192
LOCATION:CERN Council Chamber
URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=187192
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