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    ‘Gender’ refers to a person’s characteristics or identity as shaped by society and the environment as well as biology. Although they are closely linked, gender has a different meaning to 'sex', which refers to the biological differences between males and females.

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    Caroline Criado Perez Does data discriminate against women?

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    Helen Gwynne-Vaughan An extraordinary botanist whose problems of identity still confront female scientists today

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