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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Navigating Unseen Roads: Exploring the Impact of Bias on Academic Women’s Career Trajectories<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">On the 27th of May, there will be a talk on what is means for female founders to build start-ups and spin-offs, and how conscious and unconscious
bias plays a role during that process as opposed to their male peers. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Andreia R. Fernandes, founder of SEABRAND International GmbH, will talk about her experiences after a decade in entrepreneurship.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The event is co-organized by the Office of Gender Equality and Diversity of the University of Zurich as well as ETH Diversity, ETH Zurich, partners
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", sans-serif">Femspin is a collaborative project by swissuniversities (Federal Programme P7), which aims at promoting equal opportunities in the field of spin-off activities by setting a
specific focus on women. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro", sans-serif">Cooperation partners are :
<i>ETH Zurich, EPFL, Paul Scherrer Institute, Universities of Zurich, Basel, Bern and Geneva, Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences in Western (HES-SO), Southern (SUPSI) and Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW, Leading House).</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>For more information and registration for the event see:<o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><a href="https://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/projekte/femspin/event.html" id="LPlnk889091">https://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/de/projekte/femspin/event.html</a><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><o:p>We hope you find this event of interest!</o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><o:p>Regards,</o:p></span></p>
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