Inequities for women exist across many leverage points of an academic career in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) disciplines, ranging from poorer success rates at promotion, reduced grant success, and a lower likelihood of invited conference presentations, to a propensity to undertake the lion’s share of academic service roles. Moreover, an almost intractable salary gap exists, along with a stark under-representation of women in senior scientific leadership roles, widespread throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. Numerous factors have been put forward as contributors to this disparity, including the notions that these inequities are a result of a pipeline issue and that women are less qualified or have less experience than men, implicit bias, a lack of flexibility in the work place, a lack of role models, the use of biased measures of success for promotion, and the lack of equitable parental leave programs. In this viewpoint, we address factors shown to contribute to the lack of women in leadership roles. Specifically, we look at systemic barriers, parental and carer leave, and domestic barriers, and we present solutions to address these barriers across an individual’s professional and personal life. For women to achieve equity in senior scientific leadership roles, we believe that barriers across all facets of life need to be addressed and that the important contributions that women make and have made to STEMM need to be recognized.

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在转化科学领域的高级领导职位中解决性别平等问题。

在科学，技术，工程，数学和医学（STEMM）学科的学术职业的许多杠杆作用点上，妇女均存在不平等现象，从晋升成功率较低，赠款成功率降低以及受邀参加会议的可能性降低，到承担大部分学术服务角色的倾向。而且，在美国，英国，欧洲和澳大利亚，普遍存在着几乎难以解决的薪资差距，以及担任高级科学领导职务的女性人数严重不足。造成这种差距的因素很多，其中包括以下观念：这些不平等现象是由于管道问题造成的；妇女的资格或经验少于男性，隐性偏见，工作场所缺乏灵活性，缺乏榜样，缺乏对成功的偏见来促进晋升以及缺乏公平的育儿假计划。在这种观点下，我们要解决一些导致领导层中女性缺乏的因素。具体来说，我们着眼于系统性障碍，育儿假和护理假以及家庭障碍，并提出解决方案，以解决个人职业和个人生活中的这些障碍。为了使妇女能够在高级科学领导职位上实现平等，我们认为必须解决生活各个方面的障碍，并且必须认识到妇女对STEMM所做的重要贡献。我们解决了一些因素，这些因素导致女性在领导角色中的缺乏。具体来说，我们着眼于系统性障碍，育儿假和护理假以及家庭障碍，并提出解决方案，以解决个人职业和个人生活中的这些障碍。为了使妇女能够在高级科学领导职位上实现平等，我们认为必须解决生活各个方面的障碍，并且必须认识到妇女对STEMM所做的重要贡献。我们解决了一些因素，这些因素导致女性在领导角色中的缺乏。具体来说，我们着眼于系统性障碍，育儿假和护理假以及家庭障碍，并提出解决方案，以解决个人职业和个人生活中的这些障碍。为了使妇女能够在高级科学领导职位上实现平等，我们认为必须解决生活各个方面的障碍，并且必须认识到妇女对STEMM所做的重要贡献。