Women in stem montage
Women in stem montage - Over the past two years, women have led ground-breaking research into public health, vaccines and innovative technology, alongside working on the front lines of Covid-19 response as scientists, health care workers and more. Yet according to UNESCO's forthcoming Science Report only 33 per cent of researchers are currently women. And due to the pandemic, the gender gap in science and technology is poised to widen. Implemented by UNESCO and the United Nations, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th February), recognises the critical role women and girls play in science and technology, and aims to promote full and equal access and participation for women and girls in science. Here, some of UCL's female academics explain why having equality in the field is so important. Professor Jennifer Rohn (UCL Medicine) led the Athena Swan committee, dedicated to Equality and Diversity issues, in UCL's Division of Medicine for six years and has a particular interest in why women and girls are less likely to enter the field, and why they are much less likely to persist in the career if they do. She said: "Equality in the scientific profession will only be addressed when four things happen.
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