Empower With STEM – Developing Best Practices to empower women through STEM

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“Female graduates are rare in fields related to science and technology.”

~ World Bank

“Numerous studies have found that women in STEM fields publish less, are paid less for their research and do not progress as far as men in their careers.”

~ World Economic Forum

“Leaky pipeline does not capture the range of synthetic, formal, and informal pressures that push women out of STEM at various points of their education and careers.”

~ ASIA Foundation

“Women in science and technology are less likely than men to access funding.”

~ UNESCO

A survey of research identifies a leaky pipeline metaphor for women in STEM fields, with measurable differences between regions around the world. Empower With STEM’s goal is to develop a list of best-practices to empower women through STEM education and careers in global regions with the lowest gender parity.

The Plan

Explore the correlation between the rate at which women persist in or depart from STEM careers and the Gender Gap documented in the Work Economic Forum’s “Global Gender Gap 2023” report.

Focus on the region with the lowest measures of gender parity across education, health, politics, and all forms of economic participation.

Evaluate practices successful in regions with higher gender parity for efficacy when applied in region with lowest gender parity.