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2 - A Global Perspective on Women in Information Technology

Perspectives from the “UNESCO Science Report 2015: Towards 2030”

from Part I - Global Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2019

By
Sophia Huyer
Edited by
Carol Frieze  and
Jeria L. Quesenberry
Carol Frieze
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
Jeria L. Quesenberry
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
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Summary

In 2015 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) published the latest edition of its Science Report. Published every five years, the Science Report maps the status of science, technology, and innovation and governance around the world. The 2015 edition was conceived as a response to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda, which recognizes the role of science, technology, and innovation as an important contributor to global sustainability. This edition also included the first globally comprehensive presentation and analysis of global data on women’s representation in science and technology outside Europe and North America. This chapter contains an overview of the main findings of the 2015 UNESCO Science Report chapter “Is the Gender Gap Narrowing in Science and Engineering?,” as well as recent analysis of the factors encouraging and constraining women’s participation in STEM fields globally.

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Cracking the Digital Ceiling
Women in Computing around the World
 , pp. 46 - 60
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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