Stem Equity Network

we want to create a space where we can stem (ha ha) the loss of mid-career stem professionals and develop equality in all leadership positions. whilst there has been a large emphasis lately on encouraging girls and young women to become interested a stem professions, one of the greater problems is not in schools but in the workforce after they leave university. a combination of family pressure, unconscious bias and female non-confidence along with another thousand other things combine to squeeze many mid-career females out of leadership positions. the gender balance between recent graduates, mid-career and stem leaders decreases significantly as you go up the chain of command, however this is now being addressed by government and industry alike with programs such as the australian academy of science women in stem decadal plan. we intend to address these issues by interviewing leaders in the stem community and asking them first where they think the problems are and how we can work o