New gender benchmarking study: Brazil succeeding in providing a positive STI environment for women
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 11:34
in Psychology & Sociology
In the first gender benchmarking study of its kind, researchers have found that numbers of women in the science, technology and innovation fields are alarmingly low in the world's leading economies, and are actually on the decline in many, including the United States. Results from Brazil show that despite women having a strong representation in parts of the science, technology and innovation sector, and a slight increase in engineering, physics and computer science, overall numbers are on the decline.