gender equity – SISTER

The author poses in a lab next to a small shelf of fungus specimens.

Sexism shapes the way we think about supervisors in STEM

There is an expectation for female supervisors to be extra caring, sensitive, and nice.

A woman wearing a hardhat, safety gloves, and Juno Jones shoes poses confidently among wood boards at a construction site.

How a new footwear startup is normalizing women in hazardous fields

Being “seen” in the workplace can feel like a lot of different things.

What does this year’s Women’s March mean to you?

I’ve decided that the Women’s March is both monumental and imperfect, important and complicated.

A peek at the yellow cover of the zine, "In Their Footseps" and a peek at interior pages, including hand-drawn line illustrations and hand-written text.

In Their Footsteps: How I fell in love with zines for science communication

As somebody who had struggled to express myself creatively before, I wanted to experiment with this medium both for science communication and for myself.

The face of the new £50

The Bank of England is accepting nominations of historic scientists to appear on the new £50 note. Nina Chhita discusses why it should be a woman.