Increasing Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Scientific Committees and Related Activities at STScI. (arXiv:1907.04880v1 [astro-ph.IM])

Increasing Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Scientific Committees and Related Activities at STScI. (arXiv:1907.04880v1 [astro-ph.IM])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Rosa_G/0/1/0/all/0/1">Gisella De Rosa</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Oliveira_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Cristina Oliveira</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Pacifici_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Camilla Pacifici</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Aloisi_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Alessandra Aloisi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Alatalo_K/0/1/0/all/0/1">Katey Alatalo</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ashley_T/0/1/0/all/0/1">Trisha Ashley</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Beck_T/0/1/0/all/0/1">Tracy Beck</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Boyer_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Martha Boyer</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Calamida_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Annalisa Calamida</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Carlberg_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Joleen Carlberg</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Christian_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Carol Christian</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Chen_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Christine Chen</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Deustua_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Susana Deustua</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Gilbert_K/0/1/0/all/0/1">Karoline Gilbert</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hagen_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">Lea Hagen</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Henry_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Alaina Henry</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hernandez_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Svea Hernandez</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+James_B/0/1/0/all/0/1">Bethan James</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kassin_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Susan Kassin</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Massa_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Stephanie La Massa</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Meixner_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Margaret Meixner</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Momcheva_I/0/1/0/all/0/1">Ivelina Momcheva</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Moro_Martin_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Amaya Moro-Martin</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Prichard_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">Laura Prichard</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ravindranath_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Swara Ravindranath</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Roman_Duval_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Julia Roman-Duval</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Sabbi_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Elena Sabbi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Sacchi_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Elena Sacchi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Wakeford_H/0/1/0/all/0/1">Hannah Wakeford</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Temim_T/0/1/0/all/0/1">Tea Temim</a>

We present a new initiative by the Women in Astronomy Forum at Space
Telescope Science Institute (STScI) to increase gender diversity and inclusion
in STScI’s scientific committees and the activities they generate. This
initiative offers new and uniform guidelines on binary gender representation
goals for each committee and recommendations on how to achieve them in a
homogeneous way, as well as metrics and tools to track progress towards defined
goals. While the new guidelines presented in the paper focus on binary gender
representation, they can be adapted and implemented to support all minority
groups. By creating diverse committees and making them aware of, and trained on
implicit bias, we expect to create a diverse outcome in the activities they
generate, which, in turn, will advance science further and faster.

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