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Gender Disparity in Physics: A Multifaceted Challenge

MAR 01, 2004

DOI: 10.1063/1.4796402

Rebecca Barthelmie

As a woman who has been in atmospheric science for the past 20 years, I was amazed and irritated that the article “What Works for Women in Undergraduate Physics?” concentrated on family-friendly policies and child care. Surely such topics are of concern to all parents, regardless of gender. What happened to equal pay as an issue? It seems that progress in pay equity is as dismal in academia as elsewhere.

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Rebecca Barthelmie. (r.barthelmie@risoe.dk) Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark .

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Volume 57, Number 3

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