非洲科学中的性别平等
Kwabena Boahen Asare1, Fatima Cody Stanford2
1Kwabena Boahen Asare is a student at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
概括
非洲妇女越来越多地进入科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 领域, 解决非洲科学中的性别差距对于非洲大陆的进步至关重要.
科学领域:
- 非洲的科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM)
背景情况:
- 非洲的女性STEM学生数量增长了47%,
- 尽管招生人数有所增加,
研究的目的:
- 突出女性在非洲STEM领域的不足.
- 强调性别差异对科学进步和社会挑战的影响.
主要方法:
- 分析全球和地区关于女性参与STEM教育和研究的数据.
- 对影响STEM领域女性职业发展的社会文化因素的审查.
主要成果:
- 在全球范围内,非洲大学的女性STEM学生比例最高 (2019年为47%).
- 撒哈拉以南非洲只有31%的专业研究人员是女性,这表明性别差距很大.
- 传统的性别角色和家庭期望限制了女性进入STEM职业.
结论:
- 消除非洲科学中的性别差距对于解决孕产妇健康和粮食安全等关键问题至关重要.
- 非洲的科学进步和发展受到阻碍.
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