How a new initiative aims to promote women and bridge polar connectivity barriers
There are amazing women in polar scholarship and representation, but all too often their contributions are under-represented and under-valued. Barriers such as a funding limitations, geographic distances, administrative responsibilities and family responsibilities impact networking and information-s...
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Arctic Today
2019
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| Online Access: | https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/198958e4-7668-4bc3-8959-6e0f4ca9c0f1 https://www.arctictoday.com/how-a-new-initiative-aims-to-promote-women-and-bridge-polar-connectivity-barriers/ |
| Summary: | There are amazing women in polar scholarship and representation, but all too often their contributions are under-represented and under-valued. Barriers such as a funding limitations, geographic distances, administrative responsibilities and family responsibilities impact networking and information-sharing potential. These barriers are amplified by problems such as sexism and a glass ceiling for women in academia. Barriers impact the capacity of many women to attend traditional networking and to be represented in the dialogue of who are experts in their fields. Motivated by my journey and other women who have also faced these access barriers, I founded the Women in the Arctic and Antarctic (formerly known as Women in the Arctic) in September 2018. This initiative helps to complement existing networking opportunities by bridging access barriers to promote the inclusion of more women in polar research and representation in an open and easy-to-use networking and information sharing space. |
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