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Fig. 1. Regional and gender diversity in IMS in 2022 by the numbers (slides of
the Spring AdCom Meeting 2022).
I&M. This statement could be repeated for any form of diversity.
And, critically important, such affirmative action has
always set the quality of the candidates as top priority,a sign
that recognizes that there are plenty of excellent women in
I&M out there.
The nomination and appointment of women to positions
of influence and responsibility within a professional society,
especially of medium to small size like IMS, is facilitated by
the visibility of active individuals, of contributions, activity
and participation of individuals, that all those responsible for
making decisions can see, and for whose evaluation they are
accountable.
Yet, different is the situation of very small groups making
decisions, like in the case of Award committees or small panels,
e.g., evaluating research proposals for funding agencies. In
these cases, the awareness of potential bias, addressed for example
by taking an implicit bias test and by being instructed
by the group leader, is critical. And equally important is for
women's advocates to raise a warning flag when gender factors
seem to start playing a penalizing role and be ready to face
the occasional impatience or worse.
Unfortunately, when it comes to career advancement [3], [4]
in industry, academia and other sectors, visible performance,
accountability of decision makers and the opportunity to raise
flags is not so straightforward. The fuzziness of performance
indicators can be twisted, unconsciously or consciously, and
gender may become an implicit and unseen weighting factor,
working against the career advancement of women. This
barrier can be overcome with clarity and planning. Clarity
means for women and their mentors to demand a formulation
of the gap-to-promotion in a form that can be effectively
addressed. For example, are there missing skills? If so, which?
And how much is missing? Missing experience? If so, in what
form? Does she need more time to mature? If so, to achieve
what qualification, in what form and how is it quantified?
Of course, some of these indicators are vague by nature, or
Fig. 2. A group of IMS AdCom members at the IMS Spring AdCom meeting in Ottawa, Canada during I2MTC2022 (Archive of the IEEE Instrumentation and
Measurement Society).
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