The issue of underrepresentation of women and minority groups in academic fields hit the headlines repeatedly during 2018.Sexual harassment was repeatedly found to be a factor contributing to this underrepresentation,and this garnered significant media attention in parallel with the #MeToo movement.Many women recounted stories of choosing to leave science in order to avoid their harasser(see,for example,Chem.Eng.News 2017,vol.95(37),pp.28-37 and https://go.nature.com/2HaoVhp).The RACI has a strong Code of Ethics(www.raci.org.au/document/item/90)that prohibits sexual harassment by its members.Separate to the issue of harassment,bias is also known to affect women's careers(and those of raciaL minorities)in science.Numerous publications have appeared in the past year providing evidence of this;for example,showing the effects on publication and grant success when names are removed(a useful summary can be found in Grogan K.E.Nat Ecol.EvoL 2019,voL.3,pp.3-6,doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0747-4).
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