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National Assessments on
Gender in Science, Technology
and Innovation
Gender Equality in the Knowledge Society
Sophia Huyer, Executive Director, WISAT
Senior Advisor, OWSD
• Five countries in the developing world: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Korea, South Africa, USA and one region – EU
• National researchers collected qualitative and quantitative data to fill in the Gender Equality-Knowledge Society framework
First Phase (November 2011 – May 2012)
Overall Findings:
The knowledge society is failing to include women to an equal extent. In some cases, their inclusion is negligible.
Gendered barriers to STI and technology create a large gender gap in the knowledge society that will not improve automatically with economic growth.
Country/region rankings
GE&KS Framework
Health
Social status
Economic status
Access to resources
Agency
Opportunity & capability
KS Decision Making
Knowledge economy
STI participation
STI participation
STI participation
STI participation
Key Findings
Female participation in STI is characterised by:• Approximate parity in S&E overall• Alarmingly low representation in the science,
technology and innovation fields• Under-representation in engineering, physics
and computer science — lower than 30% • Declining representation in the labourforce
Key Findings
Female participation in STI is characterised by:
• Little sex-disaggregated data at the national level
• Less access to productive resources
There is no simple solution
• Female parity in the science, technology and innovation fields is tied to higher economic status; government and politics; economic, productive and technological resources; and policy implementation
• Education is insufficient and needs to be supported by a multi-dimensional approach
Country/region rankings
Thank you.
Women in Global Science and Technology (WISAT)Organization for Women in Science for the
Developing World (OWSD)