Australia's strategy to achieve gender equality in STEM

The MCC STEM strategy, in targeting only men, has been purposefully designed as a disruptive approach to challenge the status quo and accelerate gender equality. Since many STEM systems and structures were developed by men, and men typically hold the STEM senior leadership roles, engaging men is cru...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2019-02, Vol.393 (10171), p.524-526
Main Authors: Latimer, Jane, Cerise, Somali, Ovseiko, Pavel V, Rathborne, Jill M, Billiards, Saraid S, El-Adhami, Wafa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Gender equity
Higher education
Inequality
Innovations
Leadership
Men
R&D
Research & development
Technical education
Women
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Summary:The MCC STEM strategy, in targeting only men, has been purposefully designed as a disruptive approach to challenge the status quo and accelerate gender equality. Since many STEM systems and structures were developed by men, and men typically hold the STEM senior leadership roles, engaging men is crucial for driving the transformational change that is required to the established systems, structures, and cultures that reinforce gender inequality. Noting the challenge many STEM institutions face in engaging senior male leaders in personally driving gender equality actions, in 2018, SAGE and MCC STEM convened a small group of male leaders from SAGE member institutions to reflect on their personal leadership and identify practical actions they can take to accelerate progress on gender equality. PVO declares no competing interests, but is supported by the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, and by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 709517.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32109-3