International Women’s Day 2024
Inspiring inclusion across the ecological community.
International Women’s Day is on 8th March every year to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness of discrimination and take action to drive gender parity.
Take a look at how we are celebrating #IWD2024 across British the Ecological Society below.
From the BES
For the first time in the BES’s history, our entire senior leadership team, including our president, are women, but does this really matter in 2024? Read what our CEO, Hazel Norman, had to say on LinkedIn and X.
From the EDGE Network
Rowan Kuminski, co-chair of the BES EDGE (Equity and Diversity for all Genders in Ecology) Network, explains why work on advancing diversity and inclusion is so important for women – and all genders and intersectional identities – working in ecology.
From the Journals
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, the BES Journals are excited to share a collection of blog posts showcasing the work of some of our new Associate Editors. In each post, our editors discuss their experiences in ecology, as well as what this year’s theme, ‘Inspire Inclusion‘, means to them. Click the links below to take a look.
Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Featuring Dr Laura Bosco, Dr Elena Concepción, Dr Danielle Hinchcliffe and Dr Alejandra Morán-Ordóñez
Functional Ecology
Featuring Dr Iveren Abiem
Journal of Animal Ecology
Featuring Dr Natacha Chacoff
Journal of Applied Ecology
Featuring Dr Raquel Carvalho, Dr Karen Castillioni, Dr Luzhen Chen, Dr Romina Fernandez and Dr Elena Kazakou
Journal of Ecology
Featuring Dr Charlotte Ndiribe
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Featuring Dr Lorna Hernandez Santin
People and Nature
Featuring Dr Maria Rosario Felipe-Lucia, Dr Caroline Howe, Dr Karen Mustin and Dr Rachel Oh
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