The Gender Equity Task Force at the University of Texas at Austin has released its report, which recomends a 5-10 year gender equity plan that aims to "reduce or eliminate faculty gender inequity—specifically with respect to hiring, promotion, salaries and governance."
A year in the making, the report found that, not surprisingly, gaps "in areas of faculty representation, promotion and attrition for faculty advancing through the ranks, salary and leadership."
Read the the full report here.
Royal Tropical Institute have released a new toolkit for promoting gender equity in local governance. It can be found here.
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