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Women are underrepresented as invited speakers in evolutionary biology events, especially in specialized courses. Increasing female organizers and visible Equal Opportunity guidelines can improve female representation.

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  • Evolutionary biology
  • Academia
  • Scientific conferences

Background:

  • Women are increasingly present in science but remain underrepresented in academia, particularly at senior levels.
  • Women's scientific achievements may receive less recognition, leading to lower representation as invited speakers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the representation of women as invited speakers in evolutionary biology conferences, symposia, and courses.
  • To investigate the influence of organizers' gender and Equal Opportunity (EO) guidelines on female speaker representation.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of speaker announcements from mailing lists and congress programs (2016-2017).
  • Comparison of invited women's proportion to a baseline from scientific society membership.
  • Survey of event organizers regarding gender considerations and EO guidelines.
  • Longitudinal data collection on invited women at congresses (2001-2017).

Main Results:

  • Proportion of invited women varied: comparable in conferences, lower in specialized courses, higher in congress symposia than the 32% baseline.
  • Higher representation of invited women correlated with more female organizers and consideration of gender in speaker selection.
  • Events with announced Equal Opportunity guidelines showed a higher proportion of invited women.

Conclusions:

  • Deliberate actions are needed to improve female representation as invited speakers.
  • Encouraging women on organizing committees and implementing visible EO guidelines can increase female speaker numbers.
  • The proportion of invited women is influenced by organizational practices and policies.