women-in-stem:-addressing-the-growing-inequity-that-prevents-women-from-having-fulfilling-stem-careers

Women In STEM: Addressing The Growing Inequity That Prevents Women From Having Fulfilling STEM Careers

Girls’ and young women’s achievement in mathematics and science is on par with boys and young men. Yet, underrepresentation and lack of positive role models make STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers especially difficult and unwelcome to women. Negative gender-based experiences, such as sexual harassment, gender-specific mistreatment, are more likely to affect women in STEM…

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The Power of Praise

I was in the back seat of a yellow taxi gripping my mother’s hand like a 5-year-old, scared and hoping her mommy would make it all right. But in fact I was 28 years old, still scared and hoping my mommy would make it all right.  We were coming home from UCSF hospital, and I was in…