Gender quotas and targets would speed up progress on gender equity in academia
- Written by Joanne Pyke, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES), Victoria University
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Recently, the University of Adelaide used a special exemption under the Equal Opportunity Act to advertise eight academic positions in the faculty of engineering, computer and mathematical sciences for women only. This raises questions about why a...
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