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Equity and career-life balance in marine mammal science?

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Date
07/2017
Author
Hooker, Sascha K.
Simmons, Samantha E.
Stimpert, Alison K.
McDonald, Birgitte I.
Keywords
Gender
Equality
Leadership
Work-life balance
STEM
QH301 Biology
H Social Sciences (General)
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
NDAS
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Abstract
It is widely acknowledged that family and care-giving responsibilities are driving women away from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Marine mammal science often incurs heavy fieldwork and travel obligations, which make it a challenging career in which to find work-life balance. This opinion piece explores gender equality, equity (the principles of fairness that lead to equality), and work-life balance in science generally and in this field in particular. We aim to (1) raise awareness of these issues among members of the Society for Marine Mammalogy; (2) explore members’ attitudes and viewpoints collected from an online survey and further discussion at a biennial conference workshop in 2015; and (3) make suggestions for members to consider for action, or for the Board of Governors to consider in terms of changes to policy or procedures. Leaks in our pipeline—the attrition of women, and others with additional caring responsibilities—represent an intellectual and economic loss. By striving for equity and promoting work-life balance, we will help to ensure a healthy and productive Society better able to succeed in its aims promoting education, high quality research, conservation, and management of marine mammals.
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Hooker , S K , Simmons , S E , Stimpert , A K & McDonald , B I 2017 , ' Equity and career-life balance in marine mammal science? ' , Marine Mammal Science , vol. 33 , no. 3 , pp. 955-965 . https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12407
Publication
Marine Mammal Science
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12407
ISSN
1748-7692
Type
Journal article
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© 2017 The Authors. Marine Mammal Science published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Marine Mammalogy. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12407/full#footer-support-info
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10613

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