Manual of resilience for the affirmation of female talent.
Through true stories, often tough but always enlightening, Ilaria Capua, a world-renowned scientist, shows a way to resist the many cultural and structural mechanisms that hinder women's careers: the glass ceiling, harassment, everyday sexism, nepotism, precariousness, judgments on motherhood and women's bodies. These obstacles are not limited to academia and the scientific research world but permeate many work and life environments. Never give up is a manual of civil resistance dedicated to all women and minorities who find themselves in contexts marked by inequalities, stereotypes, and abuses of power. It is a clear invitation to recognize the dynamics that produce exclusion and to hold firm using concrete tools as described in these pages: a "resistosphere" – a set of concrete virtues such as perseverance, determination, initiative, resilience, curiosity, discernment, self-esteem, and tolerance – to avoid confusing suffered violence with a personal limit.
Ilaria Capua, virologist and researcher, was the first to characterize the African strain H5N1 of avian influenza. A strong advocate for "open source" science, in 2007 she was named by “Scientific American” among the 50 best scientists in the world. She has written: Ideas for becoming a veterinarian, Viruses Don’t Wait, The Abecedario of Montecitorio, Circular Health, The After. In 2013, she was elected Deputy with Scelta Civica, a position she chose to leave in 2016. Today, she directs the One Health Excellence Center at the University of Florida.
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