We therefore undertake to make our participation in conferences – whether as an organizer, sponsor, or invited speaker – conditional on the invitation of women and men speakers in a fair and balanced manner.--See here. (Recall Brit's discussion here,)This interdisciplinary petition drive was initiated by Dan Sperber and Virginia Valian and has among early signatures high profile folk like Dan Dennett and Stephen Stich. (There is also a very useful Q&A.)
Recall that there are two other initiatives: (i) the call to action launched by Martin Kusch and Mark Lance, which has seemed to have peaked around 930 signatures; and (ii) the official GCC petition, which (surprisingly enough) is still a bit under 900 signatures. (There is, of course, overlap between these lists.)
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