This analytical report highlights that women and girls around the world are excluded from participation in science and technology (S&T) by poverty, lack of education and aspects of their legal, institutional, political and cultural environments. Marking the start of an ongoing initiative, it aims to spur serious discussion and action in national and international scientific and academic communities, especially regarding the pressing needs to increase women’s participation in S&T careers and enable sex-disaggregated data collection and rigorous research development, along with increasing public awareness of gender issues.

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Organization: UNESCO

Topics: Education, Science, Technology, Gender

Type of material: Analytical-Technical Document

Publication date: 2007

Language: English