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Are There Really Boards With No Women?

Mareill Kiernan

August 4 2011

Source: http://blogs.forbes.com in WomensMedia by Aditin Mohaparta on 8/2/2011

Three college degrees for every two earned by a man. 85% of purchasing decisions. Nearly 50% of the workforce. And yet, the tiniest of chips in the glass ceilings of boardrooms across corporate America with women holding just

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More on Women & Science: The Subtle Message That Put Women off Science

Mareill Kiernan

August 2 2011

Source: www.BBC.co/uk Article by Hannah Richardson posted on 7/29/11

Women are being put off working in and studying science by "subtle" messages in the media and society, academics say.

Although girls make up more than half GCSE science...

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