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Attitudes are changing, but there are still pockets in academia that definitely see having children and a successful career as incompatible.

— Patricia Kingori

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We can try and manage our own careers, but it’s very different to trying to manage other people’s.

You find yourself wondering what makes a society work and why this society is different to another one.

I think academia is just still very conservative in the way that people are hired and promoted.

It really matters that you work with people who have the same values as you, and who are genuinely interested in creating a good working environment.

Everything started to feel like it was falling apart. Kenya was the main location for my PhD and it didn’t look like I was going to be able to go back safely.

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