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Girls Who Code and Bridge the Tech Gender Gap

2014-07-10 18:37:43| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, talks gender inequality in STEM, and what she's doing to fix it.

No REDD+ Program Is an Island: Integrating Gender Into Forest Conservation Efforts

2014-06-25 05:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Security Beat: Since 2005, the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program (REDD+) has functioned as a mechanism to financially incentivize the preservation of forestlands in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But beyond its original use, some organizations have also started exploring ways it can help with other development initiatives, like womens empowerment. [Video Below] Last month, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and USAID held a multi-day workshop...

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Study: Climate Affects Gender of Parasitic Insect Offspring

2014-05-22 23:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Latin Post: Temperature, that is to say, the weather, can affect the determination of sex in insect offspring, says new research out of the University of Montreal in Canada. According to a study led by Joffrey Moiroux and Jacques Brodeur of the school's Department of Biological Sciences, and published in the May issue of the journal Animal Behaviour, an insect will either have a male or female offspring depending on how hot or cold the climate happens to be. The research focused on a species of oophagous...

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Even in Scandinavia, a CEO Gender Gap

2014-05-22 06:34:19| Appliances - Topix.net

Petra Einarsson, left, who manages a 7,300-employee unit at Sandvik, says quotas in entry-level recruitment would lead to more female candidates for upper-management jobs.

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