We must include more women in physics — it would help the whole of humanity
Cathy Foley, Office of the Chief Scientist; Prajval Shastri, and Sarah Maddison, Swinburne University of Technology All around the world, there is an extreme gender imbalance in physics, in both academia and industry. Examples are all too easy to find. In Burkina Faso’s largest university,…
Protecting education should be at the centre of peace negotiations in Afghanistan
Lauryn Oates, Royal Roads University and Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University The Taliban appeared to be walking away from peace talks with the Afghan government — until, at the end of May, they suddenly agreed to a proposed meeting in Istanbul. But they stipulated major constraints,…