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While STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields all over the world are dominated by men, the number of Pakistani women in 'STEM' is low due to one of the highest gender gaps in STEM fields. [1] [2] However, over the time, some Pakistani women have emerged as scientists in fields like Physics, Biology and computer sciences.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Pakistani scientists. It includes Pakistani scientists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
Tasneem Zehra Husain is a Pakistani theoretical physicist. She is one of few Pakistani women to obtain a doctorate in physics, and the first Pakistani woman string theorist. [1] An eminent scientist, she has been a guest speaker at a various schools and colleges in an effort to promote science and technology in Pakistan.
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.
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Sue O'Connor Australian archaeologist, discovered the world's oldest fish hooks which were found in an adult female's grave; Vanessa Pirotta (fl. 2020s), wildlife scientist employing innovative technologies; Carol Pollock (fl. 2021), medical researcher specializing in kidney health; Annamma Dorai Raj (1959–2024), rheumatologist
Sajida Alvi – academic of Pakistani origin in Canada; historian of Islam in South Asia [1] Naz Ikramullah [2] Rukhsana Khan – children's author and storyteller; Munir Sheikh – 10th Chief Statistician of Canada, replaced Ivan Fellegi [3]
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: By occupation: Pakistani This category exists only as a container for other categories of Pakistani women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.