Avoiding gender bias in reference writing

The end of the year means for many of you the period of writing letters of recommendation, both for recent PhD graduates and for postdocs applying to competitions.

Here are some tips for avoiding gender bias when writing a letter, et here are some good and bad examples of letters

Avoiding gender bias in reference writing
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