Athena SWAN and ADVANCE: effectiveness and lessons learned

The Lancet

Volumn 393, Issue 10171, 2019, Pages 604-608

  Rosser, Sue V ^a   Barnard, Sarah ^b   Carnes, Molly ^d   Munir, Fehmidah ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; CAREER MOBILITY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MENTORING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORKFORCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGINEERING; INTERNET; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; SEXISM; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY;

CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; SEXISM; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN;

EID: 85061091592     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33213-6     Document Type: Note

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