Women 'Under-Represented' in Science Sector
The numbers of women in the science, technology and innovation fields are alarmingly low in the world's leading economies and countries at the forefront of technical advancement have failed to open up their knowledge societies to women, a report says.
In South Africa, 28 per cent of science academy members were women in 2010, while in most other countries women represented less than 12 per cent of science academy members (file photo).
Documents
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Scorecard on Gender Equality in the Knowledge Society
- Author:
- National Assessments on Gender and Science, Technology and Innovation
- Publisher:
- National Assessments on Gender and Science, Technology and Innovation
- Publication Date:
- 30 September 2012
This was developed in response to the situation that not only are many women, particularly those in the developing world on the wrong side of the ... see more »
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