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Media

  • Video
    July 15, 2025
    Prof. Idit Shachar "The damage caused by the Iranian missile at the Weizmann Institute took the research back years"

    Listen to Prof. Idit Shachar talking about the damage caused to her lab by the Iranian missile

    Calcalist
  • View
    March 25, 2025
    Equal Writing at WIS - Its In Our DNA

    כתיבה בשפה העברית היא חלק מהיום יום שלנו ולכן חשוב מאוד שנקפיד על שפה שוויונית ללא הטיות. 

    אנו שמחות להציג כלי ייחודי שנבנה במיוחד לצרכים שלנו, ובו כלים מעשיים לכתיבה שוויונית ודוגמות מעולמות התוכן בקמפוס. בעזרת הכלי תוכלו לנסח טקסטים שפונים באופן שווה לכל קהילת המכון, בקלות ובמהירות.

    Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Video
    March 4, 2025
    The 4th International Day of Women in Science 2025
    You Tube
  • Article
    January 1, 2025
    Closing the scissor-shaped curve: Strategies to promote gender equality in academia
    Cell 187, March 14, 2024 ª Elsevier Inc
  • View
    December 2, 2024
    Women in Science book collection in Goldschleger Library

    We are excited to announce the launch of the Women in Science book collection!
    The collection includes a mix of print, electronic, and audiobooks.
    You can view the collection here.
    A special thank you to Sarah Strauss from the Goldschleger Library at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

    Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Podcast
    June 26, 2024
    Gam Ken Tarbut with Prof. Idit Shachar

    Listen to Prof. Idit Shachar talking about what is creative thinking

    Gam Ken Tarbut
  • Video
    June 10, 2024
    Planning A Postdoc Abroad? A Zoom meeting for PhD and Postdoctoral students

    View the recorded zoom meeting between PhD student with Postdoctoral students abroad

    Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Video
    March 30, 2024
    Inbar Savoray Department of Particle Physics & Astrophysics
    Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Video
    March 21, 2024
    Dr. Alex Tayar

    Dr. Alex Tayar from the Department of Chemical & Biological Physics

    Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Video
    March 12, 2024
    International Women in Science Day Conference

    view the recorded lecture in the International Women in Science Day Conference

    You Tube
  • Podcast
    February 25, 2024
    Breaking the glass ceiling: conversations with women leaders in academia
    Science Business
  • Podcast
    December 20, 2023
    Anukarniya - The Role Models

    Podcast series - conversations in Women in Science 

    Buzzsprout
  • Article
    October 19, 2023
    Unveiling the gender gap: exploring gender disparities in European academic landscape
    Comment
  • View
    September 11, 2023
    "Talk to Us" - דברנו אלינו

    Gender Inclusive Language

    Webpage
  • Video
    June 21, 2023
    JACS in Conversation with Prof. Lia Addadi
    You Tube
  • View
    May 2, 2023
    Israel Independence Day, National Webinar of Women Scientists in Hebrew, article Ynet
    Ynet
  • Video
    May 2, 2023
    Israel Independence Day, National Webinar of Women Scientists
    Webpage
  • Article
    March 29, 2023
    More female researchers than ever migrate internationally
    Nature
  • Video
    March 15, 2023
    International Women in Science Day Conference
    Youtube
  • View
    December 6, 2022
    WISER Mentoring Program for Israeli Postdoc Abroad
    Webpage
  • View
    November 25, 2022
    Interview with Prof. Nancy Hopkins for Globes
    Globs Magazin
  • View
    November 25, 2022
    Interview with Prof. Nancy Hopkins for Globes
    Globs Magazin
  • Article
    August 29, 2022
    The Case for Gender - Diverse Research Teams
    Inside Higher Ed
  • Video
    March 8, 2022
    International Women in Science Day Conference
    You Tube
  • Article
    February 1, 2022
    Women Pushing the Limits of Quantum Frontiers

    Inbar Zohar

    Quantum-Machines blog
  • Article
    July 22, 2021
    How mothers get penalized in the scientific race
    Nature
  • Article
    July 7, 2021
    Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions
    Neuron
  • Article
    July 7, 2021
    Gender bias in academia
    A lifetime problem that needs solutions

     

    Neuron 109
  • Article
    April 19, 2021
    Interview with Prof. Idit Shachar, Head of the Office for the Advancement of Women in Science
    wis wander
  • Article
    April 19, 2021
    Paving the Way for the Future of Women Scientists

    Interview with Prof. Idit Shachar, Head of the Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Gender Equality at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

    Weizmann Wonder Wander
  • Article
    April 1, 2021
    Paving the Way for the Future of Women Scientists, Interview with Prof. Idit Shachar, April 2021

    Interview with Prof. Idit Shachar, Head of the Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Gender Equality at the Weizmann Institute of Science, April 2021, Weizmann Wonder Wander

  • Video
    March 8, 2021
    מחוברות באקדמיה

    יום האישה 8 במרץ 2021

    YouTube
  • Video
    March 8, 2021
    מחוברות באקדמיה- יום האישה 8 במרץ 2021
    You Tube
  • Article
    February 1, 2021
    Scientifica, women in science, Dr. Avital Hahamy
    Scientifica Website
  • Article
    January 1, 2021
    women in science, Dr. Avital Hahamy
    Scientifica
  • Article
    March 3, 2020
    Historical comparison of gender inequality in scientific careers across countries and disciplines
    PNAS
  • Article
    January 22, 2020
    Historical comparison of gender inequality in scientific careers across countries and disciplines
  • Article
    January 1, 2020
    She knows, מרכז ידע בנושא נשים ומגדר בישראל
    Webpage
  • Podcast
    September 1, 2019
    WeizmannVoices podcast, advancing women in science with Prof. Lia Addadi, Prof. Daniella Goldfarb, Prof. Sharon Rabin-Margaliot, September 2019
    Webpage
  • Podcast
    July 1, 2019
    Weizmann Voices podcast with Prof. Lia Addadi, July 2019
    Webpage
  • Article
    February 28, 2019
    Bad science and the unisex brain, Nature, February 2019
    Nature
  • Article
    August 28, 2018
    Women in Science, Nature, August 2018
    Nature
  • Article
    January 1, 2018
    אי שוויון מגדרי באקדמיה בכלל ובמקצועות המדע והטכנולוגיה בפרט: נראות, סיבות, פתרונות ומה הלאה
    המועצה לקידום נשים במדע ובטכנולוגיה, משרד המדע והטכנולוגיה
  • Article
    January 1, 2018
    Avoiding gender bias in reference writing, The University of Arizona
  • Article
    December 1, 2017
    "Publish and Perish? An Assessment of Gender Gaps in Promotion to Tenure in Academia", December 2017, Katherine Weisshaar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Article
    November 1, 2017
    "A Decade of Advancing Women in Science", November 2017, Weizmann Wonder Wander
    Webpage
  • Article
    October 1, 2017
    "A lab of her own", October 2017, Weizmann Magazine
    Webpage
  • Article
    July 1, 2016
    Women Challenging the Culture in Science: Inciting Inclusion, Tasmanian Times, July 2016
    Webpage
  • Article
    June 1, 2016
    We built voice modulation to mask gender in technical interviews. Here’s what happened, interviewing.io blog, June 2016
    Webpage
  • Article
    April 6, 2016
    Haaretz article regarding a unique workshop on science and motherhood at the Weizmann Institute, April 2016
    Webpage
  • Article
    February 1, 2016
    (מדעים, טכנולוגיה, הנדסה ומתמטיקה) STEM פרויקט מהממ"ט נועד לעודד תלמידות צעירות לעסוק בתחומי
    Webpage
  • Article
    January 20, 2016
    Sexual Harassment Must Not be Kept Under Wraps
    Nature, volume 529, page 257, 2016
  • Article
    January 1, 2016
    When Teamwork Doesn’t Work for Women, The New York Times, January 2016
    Webpage
  • Article
    September 22, 2015
    Women in Physics, September 2015
    EPS News
  • Article
    September 22, 2015
    "Editorial – Women in physics: challenging the established stereotypes?", September 2015
    EPS News
  • Article
    September 3, 2015
    Gender and self-citation: "Men have a greater tendency to cite themselves, study says", September 2015
    Nature
  • Article
    September 3, 2015
    "Men have a greater tendency to cite themselves, study says", Sept 2015
    Science
  • June 25, 2015
    Practical policies can combat gender inequality
    Nature, 523, page 7, 2015
  • Article
    April 25, 2015
    "National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track", April 2015
    PNAS, 5360–5365, 2015, 112, 17
  • Article
    January 16, 2015
    Expectations of Brilliance underlie gender distributions across academic disciplines
    Science, 2015, 347, 6219, 262-265
  • Article
    January 1, 2015
    Is the Professor Bossy or Brilliant? Much depends on gender, The New York Times
    The New York Times
  • Article
    January 1, 2015
    Harvard implicit bias test
    Harvard
  • Article
    March 7, 2013
    Women in Science article
    Nature
  • Article
    December 4, 2012
    Prof. Ada Yonath Getting Ready for the Noble Prize
    N12
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    Science Abroad
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