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Despite concerted effort, barriers to women in science remain

  • Written by The Conversation
imageThere's a long road to parity for women in science in southern Africa. shutterstock

Gender equity has not been achieved at tertiary institutions in southern Africa. That is why initiatives to increase the participation of girls and women in science, technology and innovation are important.

In 1988, I was the first woman head of a department...

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Why politics today can't give us the heroes we need

  • Written by The Conversation
imageFranklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill are immortalised as political heroes, but both had personal issues that might have proved politically fatal today.AAP/Diana Plater

Churchill, Roosevelt (FDR and Eleanor), JFK and Thatcher – depending on your politics, they’re all political heroes.

We place them on a pedestal because their...

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Be rooted: learning from Aboriginal dyeing and weaving

  • Written by The Conversation
imageWeavings from Indigenous bush dyeing and weaving workshops.Elizabeth Tunstall

I am back after two long journeys to India, regional and then remote Australia. I return with a question on my mind:

What might Indian and Chinese designers learn about sustainability from Aboriginal natural dyers and weavers?

This past June and July as part of the...

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  1. We lose more than we gain by paring back the curriculum
  2. English football holds lessons for cricket, as elites hijack the game
  3. Politics podcast: Chris Bowen
  4. Big Soda's tactics to confuse science and protect their profits
  5. From iPhone to iFilm: the queer experience of Tangerine
  6. They're rich, unelected and shaping public policy
  7. What to believe in the new world of open access publishing
  8. How to make sense of big, scary climate costs
  9. Odds keep rising for a big El Niño in 2015
  10. Your questions answered on donor conception and IVF
  11. The politics of fear have trumped the politics of courage – more's the pity
  12. Don't panic, but the universe is slowly dying
  13. Why the silence of moderate conservatives is dangerous for race relations
  14. How the bomb has kept the peace between India and Pakistan
  15. Scientists at work: cracking sea lions' high-thrust, low-wake swimming technique
  16. Why organised crime should not be used to shape anti-doping policy
  17. Why porn stars should be forced to wear condoms
  18. Why we'll all learn to love genetically modified Salmonella in the end
  19. Where will the next generation of Nobel Prize winners come from?
  20. What tiki-taka football can teach us about boosting innovation
  21. How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli
  22. Monoclonal antibodies: the invisible allies that changed the face of medicine
  23. Abbott facing crunch over same-sex marriage bill
  24. Why do we pay so much attention to Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
  25. Japan's way of remembering World War II still infuriates its neighbours
  26. How Ferguson and #BlackLivesMatter taught us not to look away
  27. There's no code of ethics to govern digital forensics – and we need one
  28. What if it happened again? What we need to do to prepare for a nuclear event
  29. How can we support kids in learning more than one language?
  30. Foxtel's bundle of pain could come sooner than it thinks
  31. Explainer: how European states shift responsibility for asylum claims
  32. French policies have caused migrants to seek a way through the Channel tunnel
  33. Can genetics find a 'cure' for autism?
  34. How international criminal justice was born in the shadow of the atomic bomb
  35. Sex in Class: Liekens is right to teach teenagers about sexual pleasure
  36. Health Check: how do you catch – and get rid of – head lice?
  37. Celebrity activists get it wrong on Amnesty International's sex work policy
  38. Double shot with a swirl: latte art influences how much we pay for coffee
  39. Holding the Man, and bringing HIV/AIDS in Australia to a mainstream audience
  40. Out of Israel: Ausraelis re-invent the diasporic identity
  41. New Speaker Tony Smith promises a less partisan approach
  42. Full responses from Senator Scott Ludlam and Senator George Brandis
  43. FactCheck: will the Arts Minister need to publicly disclose who he funds?
  44. What if Google bought Twitter?
  45. The off-topic Conversation #55
  46. The Conversation to fact check panellists on Q A
  47. Killing Hitler: when is assassination justified?
  48. Weapons of maths destruction: are calculators killing our ability to work it out in our head?
  49. Recycling rules: carnival of coal is a blast from the PR past
  50. We need to move beyond the medical model to address Indigenous suicide

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