Bhadra Sreetama, Damasceno Gabriella, Hoss Daniela, Weyrich Alexandra
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
Elife. 2025 Apr 7;14:e105352. doi: 10.7554/eLife.105352.
The iDiv Female Scientists initiative at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig in Germany was set up to connect women in science and to raise awareness of gender inequity. In this article we discuss the impact of the workplace environment on women in academia. Our experiences indicate that supportive workplace environments are more likely to discuss gender inequity, enabling "bottom-up" approaches where individual researchers can propose solutions to the problem. In contrast, unsupportive environments are less receptive to such discussions, so "top-down" approaches driven by legislation policies are required to improve the situation. We also make recommendations of actions that can be taken by individuals, institutions and policymakers to promote gender equity.
德国哈雷 - 耶拿 - 莱比锡综合生物多样性研究中心（iDiv）的iDiv女性科学家倡议旨在将科学界的女性联系起来，并提高对性别不平等问题的认识。在本文中，我们讨论了工作场所环境对学术界女性的影响。我们的经验表明，支持性的工作场所环境更有可能讨论性别不平等问题，从而促成“自下而上”的方法，即个别研究人员可以提出解决问题的方案。相比之下，不支持性的环境对这类讨论的接受度较低，因此需要由立法政策推动的“自上而下”方法来改善这种状况。我们还就个人、机构和政策制定者为促进性别平等可采取的行动提出了建议。
