1273 - Athena SWAN and ADVANCE: effectiveness and lessons learned - The Lancet
In response to the finding that ADVANCE privileged the experiences and needs of white women,10 NSF has acknowledged the role of intersectionality (emerging from feminist and critical race theory), and the effects of the overlap of race and ethnicity, class, religion, and other social identities (including gender) for women in STEM. The spectrum of gender and STEM workplace stigmas that relate to different physical and mental abilities, country of origin and education, and age are beginning to...