Friday 8 March 2013 is International women's day - see: Women in Science - special section in this week's issue of Nature

• Women in science: Women’s work

  A special section of Nature finds that there is still much to do to achieve gender equality in science
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  Inequality quantified: Mind the gender gap

  
  

  Despite improvements, female scientists continue to face discrimination, unequal pay and funding disparities.
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  Women in biotechnology: Barred from the boardroom

  
  

  The number of women in scientific research is going up — but where academia crosses into industry, men still rule.
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  From the frontline: 30 something science

  
  

  What's being female got to do with anything, ask the scientists who are starting labs and having kids.

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    Sexist attitudes: Most of us are biased

    
    

    Let's move beyond denial, own up to our prejudices against women and retrain our brains to overcome them, says Jennifer Raymond.
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    Laboratory life: Scientists of the world speak up for equality

    
    

    Eight experts give their prescriptions for measures that will help to close the gender gap in nations from China to Sweden.
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    Research management: Quotas are questionable

    
    

    Measures to give women a fair chance in science should be based on evidence, warns Isabelle Vernos, or they could make matters worse.
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    Research policy: Only wholesale reform will bring equality

    
    

    Providing equal opportunities for women in science requires change at every level, argue Brigitte Mühlenbruch and Maren A. Jochimsen.