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Women Astronomers Succeed at Gemini

7 Enero 2010

Gemini’s Bernadette Rodgers, Inger Jorgensen, Michelle Edwards, and Gelys Trancho shared details about Gemini’s success in gender equality in their poster: “Women Astronomers at Gemini: A Success Story,” which they presented on Tuesday, January 5^th at the 215^th meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

The poster compares the percentage of Gemini Ph.D. scientists to that of the US average between 2006-2008 and finds that Gemini recruited 31% female astronomers compared with only 13.9% for the United States overall. Even more impressive is the gender equity in Gemini’s science management team which is 75% female with a 50% gender balance (currently) in directorate-level positions. The authors also find that the positive gender balance attracts a high level of female applicants for science staff positions and has resulted in significantly higher retention for female vs. male science staff with 88% retention for females compared with 64% for males over the same period. Compared with other astronomical research facilities, Gemini gender balance compares exceptionally well and has set a standard for our field.

Finally, the authors conclude that there remains a significant problem in recruiting female engineers at Gemini where the percentage of female engineers is at 4.3%, compared with 7.5% in the United States overall.

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• Women Astronomers at Gemini: A Success Story