The Status of Women in the Life Sciences

Nancy J Lane, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003457

Women remain unequally represented in science. Although, in the life sciences, 50% or more of the students entering higher education as undergraduates are women, the numbers drop at the graduate and postdoctoral level, with less than 8% of professors in the life sciences being female.

Keywords: The Rising Tide; Athena Project; women; under-representation; participation of women in science; promotion of women; women and science; female scientists; women in science

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Lane, Nancy J(Apr 2001) The Status of Women in the Life Sciences. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003457]