Institutional-level drivers of gender-inequitable scientific career progression in sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

This study sought to determine how institutional environments, including values, policies, and their implementation, shape inequities in scientific career progression for women and men, and their disadvantages in relation to their multiple social identities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings are drawn from a wider research study that was aimed at gaining an in-depth understanding of the barriers and enablers of gender-equitable scientific career progression for researchers in SSA. This was nested within the context of the Developing Excellence in Leader- ship, Training and Science in Africa (DELTAS Africa) programme—a health-based scientific research capacity-strength- ening initiative.