BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:64a568e3f4fe0b943810efaf3f33e253184 CATEGORIES:National Webinars SUMMARY: Is Motherhood Causing a Critical Leak in the STEM Pipeline? DESCRIPTION:
More women than ever before are pursuing careers in STEM, yet wome n in science remain vastly underrepresented in the STEM sector, particularl y in leadership positions. The main leak in the STEM pipeline coincides wit h the time when women are starting a family, and recent research shows that new mothers are nearly 3 times more likely to leave their STEM careers tha n new fathers or their childless peers. COVID-19 has magnified these longst anding inequalities and action must be taken to remain women in STEM career s. Dr. Isabel Torre s will discuss the invisible structural barriers that silently push women i n STEM away from their career track and explain why motherhood should be at the center of discussions and interventions to close the gender gap in STE M.
SPEAKER:
Dr. Isabel Torres is co-founder and C
EO of Mothers in Science, an international non-profit organization that