Why Philip Pettit signed the call to action in support of the GCC, and you should too

"It's an unhappy feature of Philosophy that women are not well represented in our ranks. One way in which we might help to rectify the situation is by making sure  that women in the field are not in any way sidelined and indeed that they are given prominence. That would make for greater fairness. But it would also communicate that Philosophy welcomes men and women equally. And, by signaling the fact, it might help to make the subject equally attractive to them." Philip Pettit (Princeton and Australian National University)

The petition is here (with about 900 signatures!); the call for action is here; the Gendered Conference Campaign is here.