Consortium launched to address sexual and gender harassment in science

By Rebecca Trager2019-02-28T09:30:00

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The American Chemical Society and 60-plus other US organisations form sexual harassment consortium to advance ethics and inclusion in Stemm

More than 60 professional scientific and educational organisations in the US have launched a consortium that aims to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based harassment in the sciences. The new Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (Stemm) was announced at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington DC on 15 February.