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According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), women and racial minorities are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). [1] Scholars, governments, and scientific organizations from around the world have noted a variety of explanations contributing to this lack of racial diversity, including higher levels of discrimination, implicit bias ...
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the PRBB is organising this edit-a-thon to mark this day and try to increase the visibility of women in science. The event will take place online on Tuesday, February the 11th, 2025, from 5pm to 7:30pm CET.
The California Institute of Technology, long a bastion of male STEM students, enrolls an undergraduate class of majority women this fall, the first time in its 133-year history.
Students of color are inherently disadvantaged throughout the U.S. school system... to even consider pursuing a degree, let alone a career, in STEM. 15-year-old Abinaya Dinesh is a student who ...
Each year Women in Red chooses a theme to run throughout the year. Music was chosen by editors as the theme for 2025. In addition to teachers, educators, administrators and researchers, the topic can also cover schools founded by women, schools for girls and women, and notable women alumni.
Mrs. Jin recently traveled with her daughter to Washington, D.C., where the young student completed in the nation's premier Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math or STEM competition.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII, a provider of leading-edge technologies and national defense solutions, is proud to announce that 15 of its employees from across its three divisions have been recognized for their contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the 2024 annual Women of Color STEM Conference.
Women in STEM may leave due to not being invited to professional meetings, the use of sexually discriminating standards against women, inflexible working conditions, the perceived need to hide pregnancies, and the struggle to balance family and work. Women in STEM fields that have children either need child care or to take a long leave of absence.