International Women’s Day

An end to the ‘manel’? 3 things you can do to help reduce the existence of all-male-panels.

Hazel Gibson March 8, 2024

I am pretty sure that everyone has had this experience at one time or another. You attend a meeting or conference and, despite the diversity of people in the audience, the people on the podium invited to speak are uniformly men. If you come from the same part of the world as I do (Western Europe) this experience can also probably be extended to the panel only being white, often native English spea ...[Read More]

EGU’s President Helen Glaves and Vice-President Irina Artemieva discuss leadership in science!

Hazel Gibson March 8, 2023

The EGU Executive Team in 2023 which for the first time has more women than men, left to right: Executive Secretary Philippe Courtial (staff position), EGU President Helen Glaves, General Secretary Jane Hart, Vice-President Irina Artemieva, Treasurer Patric Jacobs.

For the first time in our history both EGU’s President and Vice-President are women – in fact most of our volunteer senior leadership team is compromised of outstanding women in science, our current President Helen Glaves, our Vice-President Irina Artemieva who will become President at the next General Assembly, and our General Secretary Jane Hart. This year for International WomenR ...[Read More]

#NominateHer – gender matters in awards and medals

Hazel Gibson March 8, 2021

Retreat of the ice giants. Credit: Gabriel Sigmund (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Today is International Women’s Day around the world, a day where we celebrate the progress that women, and people across the gender spectrum, have made towards gaining equity, but also take a hard look at how we can do better to support these under-represented groups in our societal structures. For scientific organizations, one of the most visible ways that we can note both the disparity bet ...[Read More]