Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM)

Since the 2001 release of NCRW’s seminal publication "Balancing the Equation: Where Are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering and Technology?" women have made significant strides in STEM-related studies and careers. However, progress in some areas has fallen short, particularly in technical fields – engineering, biochemistry and computer science/technology – in which women are still largely under-represented. The barriers and obstacles to women’s advancement are numerous and complex including gender bias, lack of mentoring and economic hardship. Efforts need to be stepped up to reduce these constraints.

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Reports & Publications

THE GIRLS REPORT: What We Know & Need to Know About Growing Up Female
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:29am
Balancing the Equation: Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology?
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:26am

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Women in STEM and Negotiation
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By Rebecca Chaleff*Last Thursday, September 22nd, I went to CUNY Graduate Center’s event, “Women in Science: Negotiating a Successful...
Department of Commerce Releases STEM Gender Gap Report
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 By Ariella Faitelson*
FAST FACT: Scary Stats on the STEM Gap
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By Allie Fernandez*
Women Atop Their Fields Dissect the Scientific Life
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Looking to Women in America for Solutions
Kate Meyer
*By Kate MeyerLast week Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, and Preeta Bansal...

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Mariko Chang
Dr. Mariko Chang is the author of the new book, Shortchanged: Why Women Have Less Wealth and What Can Be Done About It, and the main author of the...

News

  • Risk and Opportunity for Women in 21st Century
    March 5, 2010

    The quiet revolution that has seen women across the developed world catch up with men in the work force and in education has also touched science, that most stubbornly male bastion.
  • Diversity Lower Among Silicon Valley’s Top 10 Companies
    February 18, 2010

    Silicon Valley’s Top 10 companies employed lower percentages of women, African-Americans and Hispanics in 2005 than in 1999.
  • Best-Paying Jobs That Women Aren't In
    February 17, 2010

    Women comprise just under half of the U.S. economy and have lost fewer jobs than men in this recession, putting them in position to become the majority of the nation's workers. Yet women remain concentrated in low-paying sectors of the workforce.
  • Women Hedge Fund Managers Outperform Men
    December 9, 2009

    It’s generally known that men are hard-wired to be bigger risk takers than women (due to all that extra testosterone they have sloshing around). Interestingly, though, in a profession that is all about risk — hedge fund manager —...
  • Advancing Women into Financial Leadership Boosts Bottom Line
    June 29, 2009

    Last week, we heard that Citigroup, like so many other financial companies in peril, is going to raise base salaries by as much as 50 percent in order to discourage the culture of excessive risk-taking in pursuit of big bonuses. Newsflash! Citigroup:...