When Dr Beau Wangtrakuldee realised so-called protective gear was failing female scientists…
The Middle East might not be the most obvious place to go to escape sexism and political instability, but that’s exactly what Susu Zughaier did in 2017. She left the United States – where she had a research position at Emory University searching for new ways to stop bacterial infections – because she says the country’s politics had become so febrile.