GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE

The impacts of climate action is not bound by gender disparities, but still each one ofus is accountable and responsible for its management. Climate action has to be scientific expression of attributes working in synchronously with multi-stakeholders and a common framework or exchange of dialogues. If equity in action is a perspective per se, then equality in gender towards steering it forward is a gender attribute. Women, men, children and other stakeholders are all impacted, and beyond gender bias one has to work on then targets. Women face inequalities and have not been given the key role in decision making, local and indigenous knowledge repository is used for local action by women and their contribution fixes many local issues.

Was the COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Gender Disparities in Authorship of Manuscripts Submitted to Clinical Neuropsychology Journals?

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated gender disparities in some academic disciplines. This study examined the association of the pandemic with gender authorship disparities in clinical neuropsychology (CN) journals. Method: Author bylines of 1,018 initial manuscript submissions to four major CN journals from March 15 through September 15 of both 2019 and 2020 were coded for binary gender. Additionally, authorship of 40 articles published on pandemic-related topics (COVID-19, teleneuropsychology) across nine CN journals were coded for binary gender. Results: Initial submissions to these four CN journals increased during the pandemic (+27.2%), with comparable increases in total number of authors coded as either women (+23.0%) or men (+25.4%). Neither the average percentage of women on manuscript bylines nor the proportion of women who were lead and/or corresponding authors differed significantly across time. Moreover, the representation of women as authors of pandemic-related articles did not differ from expected frequencies in the field. Conclusions: Findings suggest that representation of women as authors of peer-reviewed manuscript submissions to some CN journals did not change during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Future studies might examine how risk and protective factors may have influenced individual differences in scientific productivity during the pandemic.

Can Films Impact Sexism in STEM? Examining this Possibility with the Popular Documentary “Picture a Scientist”

High-impact interventions are necessary to reduce persistent gender disparities and sexism in STEM. "Picture a Scientist," a popular documentary featuring stories and research about bias and discrimination in STEM, reached a large international audience. And yet, the extent to which this type of high-quality media can impact gender bias remains unclear. In a unique collaboration between film creators and researchers, the current large-scale field studies explored whether “Picture a Scientist” functioned as an online intervention targeting gender bias in STEM. Exploratory Study 1 found that viewers who were more engaged with the film were also more inspired to continue learning about the issues highlighted in the documentary and combating bias and unfair treatment. Employing a quasi-experimental design, preregistered Study 2 demonstrated that compared to those who had not watched the film (but intended to), participants who had viewed the film indicated higher awareness of gender bias and stronger intentions to address this bias through personal actions and new policies. Workshops and panel discussions featuring this documentary (and other similar forms of media) may be relatively low cost, easy to implement, and enjoyable interventions. Thus, the current findings can help inform future organizational policies and workshops, implementing viewings of this documentary or similar films.