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Caltech has expanded its Women in STEM program, hosting 500 high school girls this month as the institute reached gender parity in enrollment for the first time in its 133-year history. (Ringo ...
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an annual observance adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote the full and equal access and participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. [1]
Female education in STEM refers to child and adult female representation in the educational fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). In 2017, 33% of students in STEM fields were women.
Historically, women who have accepted STEM research positions for the government or the military remained in the closet due to lack of federal protections or the fact that homosexual or gender nonconforming expression was criminalized in their country. A notable example is Sally Ride, a physicist, the first American female astronaut, and a lesbian.
Sassler and Meyerhofer studied women’s earning rates against men in computer science jobs between 2009 and 2019, and found that those women made about 86.6 cents on the men’s dollar.
In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian unveiled 120 3D statues of women in STEM as part of their new exhibit, "#IfThenSheCan."
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.
The museum hosted the event in collaboration with the Department of Education and NASA to celebrate Women's History Month. Ivanka Trump, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos celebrate Women's ...