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Nature Human Behaviour (2025)
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Academia is not a welcoming place for women who want both a family and a career. Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela draws on her own experience to explain how this must change.
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Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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