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In December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recognizing that gender equality can only be achieved if women and girls have unfettered access to science and technology as an essential tool to their empowerment. The International Day of Women and Girls in Science was born.
Many girls who are interested in science do not grow up to be scientists. There are many reasons for this, but societal perceptions are among them. Women scientists are still seen as the exception — or the odd one out. And who wants to be that? Perhaps broadening our definition of a woman in science can normalize science as a pursuit for girls and women.
Read more at
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-01971-2
Did you know?
Women are typically given smaller research grants than their male colleagues and, while they represent 33.3% of all researchers, only 12% of members of national science academies are women.
In cutting edge fields such as artificial intelligence, only one in five professionals (22%) is a woman.
Despite a shortage of skills in most of the technological fields driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution, women still account for only 28% of engineering graduates and 40% of graduates in computer science and informatics.
Female researchers tend to have shorter, less well-paid careers. Their work is underrepresented in high-profile journals and they are often passed over for promotion.
Learn more about efforts to advance women and girls in science at
https://www.un.org/en/observances/women-and-girls-in-science-day
By Charlin Bodley and Maxine Chikumbo
My story as a “woman in energy” is not uncommon. Etched in my memory is my first university graduation which landed me a shimmering gold medal award for the highest recorded academic performance in the faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences. Surely, I was about to show the world that girls and women can do engineering too! Yet my dreams of becoming a locally acclaimed environmental engineer were tested time and time again.
Read more at
https://rmi.org/more-women-in-science-and-leadership-for-an-equitable-clean-energy-workforce/
By Rachel Youngman
It is hardly surprising to hear that there is a lack of diversity in the portrayal of artificial intelligence researchers in movies. There is too often an assumption in popular culture that a scientist, inventor or programmer is male, nearly always white and, of course, a driven, eccentric genius. It is a deeply damaging and lazy stereotype, and needs to be dispatched to the dustbin of social and creative history.
Read more at
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/15/lazy-movie-stereotypes-that-put-women-off-science
For those interested in increasing excellence and diversity in their organizations, a list of resources and advice is here:
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/resources/Diversity#howtoincrease
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