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Podcast: The Food & Drink Business Podcast
Episode: Benefitting business by increasing the number of women in food science and technology roles
Description: Food & Drink Business editor Kim Berry talks to Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador, Skye Raward, the co-founder of Food Futures, and Dr Kirsten Wilkie, senior beverage technologist at Givaudan, about the increasing the presence of women in STEM related fields.The episode starts with Lisa providing a review of statistics for women undertaking STEM related studies and remaining in STEM roles after graduating before noting the improvements businesses are obtaining by having more women in senior and leadership roles. This leads to discussion of improvements to workplace environments and an acknowledgement that while th...