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The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields are predominantly thought of as masculine fields and suffer from the underrepresentation of women. This systemic problem needs to be addressed and using strategic methods, can be remedied. Some of...

In order for the representation of women in STEM fields to improve, we have to focus on accomplishments made by women. Women are recognized for simply being women. A women in a STEM major first has to break through the barrier of being noticed as a women and then make...

Although the society has always been trying to balance the number of male and female in the STEM fields, gender segregation is still a big issue. Promoting gender-balance is not only for bringing feminine perspectives to the engineering problems but also for the...

Problem: According to the statistics by Jeanna Bryner of Live Science (www.livescience.com), the U.S. National Science Foundation reports that 9% of the doctorate degrees in engineering are awarded to women, and women hold only 10% of high-level faculty positions in...

The representation of women in STEM fields has increased over the past few years, however the number of women in areas such as engineering, physics and computer science are still far behind. In 2009 only 24% of STEM related positions in the U.S were held by women....

Although countries have dramatically closed gender gaps in education and labor force participation, gender differences within education and employment particularly in STEM persist. Girl’s participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, is an area...

According to research it is observed that representation of women in STEM (Science Technology engineering and mathematics) field is less as compared to Men.  I being a mechanical Engineer have felt the same at every step during my undergraduate studies as well as...

The main issue that I have personally come across when talking to women in STEM fields is that their male counterparts do not trust their capabilities. I’ve spoken to one young woman that ended up transferring from an engineering field because none of her male...

On college campuses across the country, even the best programs struggle with attracting and retaining female engineering students. Often times, fields of study like civil or electrical engineering are overlooked by young women looking to choose a satisfying career...

Currently, society is preoccupied promoting social justice movements for people of different colors, sexualities, and ideologies. While it may seem like the numerous marches, protests, and rallies are not making any legal change, these movements have been successful...

Do you know what is special about the February 11th? Most people, including me before I started doing researches on the subject, don’t really know what is happening on that day. Well, the February 11th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. It was...

Grateful as I am for the numerous efforts to promote women in STEM, I feel that such efforts have limited results. Looking past differences in financial incentives and college degrees, I find the vital issue to lie in stereotypes. Many women turn away from...

Our perspectives of the world are affected at a very young age, and I believe as society progresses, we are becoming more liberal in the sense that yes, girls can be scientists and astronauts or anything else they want to be. When I was little, my mom encouraged me to...

Being a student in Mechanical Engineering, I have found very few female student in this department. In my undergrad, in Bangladesh, we were 9 girls out of 60 students. In my Ph.D. program, in University of Nevada Las Vegas, I have seen the same scenario. While there...