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Women remain underrepresented in the scientific community, as they make up less than 30% of the world s researchers according to the United Nations.
While research has shown that girls start doubting their abilities to take on male-dominated roles at a very young age, podcasts can be a great way to encourage them to overcome the many institutional and cultural challenges of being a woman in science.
Here is a selection of four podcasts to listen to in observance of this year s International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
We often imagine scientists as being cartoonish, eccentric figures with wild hair playing with tubes in a lab. People who are not like us.