​We support Prof Athene Donald's 'Just1action4WIS' -  a call for action for academics, teachers, parents, students, etc to help increase equality and diversity in science. Here is the current list of suggested actions:

• Call out bad behaviour whenever and wherever you see it – in committees or in the street. Don't leave women to be victimised;
  
• Encourage women to dare, to take risks;
• Act as a sponsor or mentor;
• Don't let team members get away with demeaning behaviour, objectifying women or acting to exclude anyone;​
  
• Seek out and remove microinequities wherever you spot them;
• Refuse to serve on single sex panels or at conferences without an appropriate level of female invited speakers;
  
• Consider the imagery in your department and ensure it represents a diverse group of individuals;
  
• Consider the daily working environment to see if anything inappropriate is lurking. If so, do something about it.
  
• Demand/require mandatory unconscious bias training, in particular for appointment and promotion panels;
• Call out teachers who tell girls they can't/shouldn't do maths, physics etc;
• Don't let the bold (male or female) monopolise the conversation in the classroom or the apparatus in the laboratory, at the expense of the timid (female or male);
• Ask schools about their progression rates for girls into the traditionally male subjects at A level (or indeed, the traditionally female subjects for boys);
• Nominate women for prizes, fellowships etc;
  
• Tap women on the shoulder to encourage them to apply for opportunities they otherwise would be unaware of or feel they were not qualified for;
• Move the dialogue on from part-time working equates to 'isn't serious' to part-time working means balancing different demands;
• Recognize the importance of family (and even love) for men and women;
• Be prepared to be a visible role model;
• Gather evidence, data and anecdote, to provide ammunition for management to change;
• Listen and act if a woman starts hinting there are problems, don't be dismissive because it makes you uncomfortable;
• Think broadly when asked to make suggestions of names for any position or role.

For more details, please see Athene Donald's blog​