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How I use statistics and my law degree to fight human-rights abuses

NatureThursday, July 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-02079-2 Some 50 years after exposing gender discrimination in US academics’ retirement benefits, Mary Gray works as a statistician and social-justice campaigner.

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Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-02079-2 Some 50 years after exposing gender discrimination in US academics’ retirement benefits, Mary Gray works as a statistician and social-justice campaigner.

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