Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)


Women and girls made significant progress in the sciences over the last two decades, particularly in medicine and the biological sciences. But women’s gains have stalled – and in some cases eroded – in engineering and computer sciences, despite effective new programs to increase women’s participation in these fields.

At a time when U.S. industry cannot fill the openings for technically advanced jobs, women are grossly underutilized. Equally important are the perspectives women bring to the sciences, often leading them to different decisions on allocating research dollars, targeting drug testing protocols, and developing technology to benefit communities.

 

Balancing the Equation: Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology?

Related Conference Summaries:

Transforming Academia for Women (and Men) in Science (2005 Annual Conference)

Powering the Future: Advancing Women and Girls in Science and Technology (2004 Annual Conference)

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  • Lack of Confidence as Professionals Spurs Women to Leave Engineering, Study Finds
    October 26, 2011

    Women who begin college intending to become engineers are more likely than men to change their major and choose another career, but it's because they lack confidence, not competence, says a paper in the October issue of the American...
  • Survey: Women 2.0: Number Of Women Founders Doubled Over Past Three Years
    October 19, 2011
    Women 2.0, an organization whose goal is to increase the number of female founders in technology startups, announced that the number of women starting companies has doubled over the past three years. The new data comes from a survey of its own...
  • Tech Is Glamour-ous: Mag Hosts Panel on Women in Tech (Video)
    October 18, 2011

    Kara Swisher of All Things D moderated a panel on women in technology for Glamour. The panel included women execs from high-profile tech companies, including: Stacy Brown-Philpot, director of Google-owned and operated...
  • The Faulty Birth-Control-HIV Link
    October 7, 2011

    UC Berkeley epidemiologists Caitlin Gerdts and Divya Vohra critique a new study says that African women using birth-control shots have a higher risk of contracting and passing on HIV.

     
  • For Women on Campuses, Access Doesn't Equal Success
    October 3, 2011

    MaryAnn Baenninger, president of the College of St. Benedict, suggests: The influence of gender is lurking on our campuses—in classrooms, in residence halls, on the bleachers at athletic events. It follows students as they study abroad, and...

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Department of Commerce Releases STEM Gender Gap Report
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 By Ariella Faitelson*
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 2:20pm
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Women Atop Their Fields Dissect the Scientific Life
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 4:08pm
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Building a Pipeline to Women’s Leadership
Kyla Bender-Baird
Female students have long surpassed their male peers in the rates at which they seek higher education. Yet across sectors, women’s representation in professional leadership roles has stalled at...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 2:55pm
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Emilie and the Scientific Community
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By Rylee Sommers-Flanagan*I am finished writing and thinking about socially conservative Texans (for now). But I still have history texts on the mind.Here’s the dilemma: in a conversation with...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 12:17pm
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Q&A with Alice Domurat Dreger on Social Justice, Scholarship, and Women in STEM
Kyla Bender-Baird
Under the Microscope, an online space hosted by The Feminist Press "where women and science connect," just posted a fascinating conversation with Alice Domurat Dreger, a bioethicist and...
Monday, July 26, 2010 - 4:09pm
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