[Womeninmedicine] from SPSSI Media Digest

[Weisz, Ora Anna]

Does the Gender Composition of Scientific Committees Matter?<http://www.spssi.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=76779&uid=73222> (Social Science Research Network) What happens if you add women to academic decision committees? Evidence from Italy and Spain is mixed: "gender-mixed committees tend to be less favorable towards female candidates than all-male committees."



Closing the Gender Gap by Changing Minds<http://www.spssi.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=76767&uid=73222> (New York Times) A reviewer states, "The real achievement of 'Lean In,' however, is its success in synthesizing ... a wide swath of social science research touching on multiple distinct impediments to progress for women."



Let's face it: gender bias in academia is for real<http://www.spssi.org/dsp_emailhandler.cfm?eid=76778&uid=73222> (The Conversation) Do women in STEM fields face gender discrimination? Women with careers at Ivy League universities say yes.



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