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Title: Towards women-inclusive ecology: Representation, behavior, and perception of women at an international conference
Authors: Lupon, Anna
Rodríguez-Lozano, Pablo
Bartrons, Mireia
Anadon-Rosell, Alba
Batalla, Meritxell
Bernal, Susana
Bravo, Andrea G
Capdevila, Pol
Cañedo-Argüelles, Miguel
Catalán, Núria
Genua-Olmedo, Ana
Gutiérrez-Cánovas, Cayetano
Feio, Maria João 
Lucati, Federica
Onandia, Gabriela
Poblador, Sílvia
Rotchés-Ribalta, Roser
Sala-Bubaré, Anna
Sánchez-Montoya, María Mar
Sebastián, Marta
Zufiaurre, Aitziber
Pastor, Ada
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: PLOS
Project: BP-2018-00082 
IJC2018-036642-I 
PD/BD/52598/2014 
UIDP/50017/2020 
UIDB/50017/2020 
UIDB/04292/2020 
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/749645/EU/Using global marine metagenomics to understand MERcury microbial associated processes: finding a CURE for mercury contaminated environments 
Serial title, monograph or event: PLOS ONE
Volume: 16
Issue: 12
Abstract: Conferences are ideal platforms for studying gender gaps in science because they are important cultural events that reflect barriers to women in academia. Here, we explored women's participation in ecology conferences by analyzing female representation, behavior, and personal experience at the 1st Meeting of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL). The conference had 722 attendees, 576 contributions, and 27 scientific sessions. The gender of attendees and presenters was balanced (48/52% women/men), yet only 29% of the contributions had a woman as last author. Moreover, men presented most of the keynote talks (67%) and convened most of the sessions. Our results also showed that only 32% of the questions were asked by women, yet the number of questions raised by women increased when the speaker or the convener was a woman. Finally, the post-conference survey revealed that attendees had a good experience and did not perceive the event as a threatening context for women. Yet, differences in the responses between genders suggest that women tended to have a worse experience than their male counterparts. Although our results showed clear gender biases, most of the participants of the conference failed to detect it. Overall, we highlight the challenge of increasing women's scientific leadership, visibility and interaction in scientific conferences and we suggest several recommendations for creating inclusive meetings, thereby promoting equal opportunities for all participants.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/96927
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260163
Rights: openAccess
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