¡®Move beyond women in STEM focus¡¯ to tackle gender inequality

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Universities must move beyond simplistic targets to get more women in STEM subjects if 바카라사이트y are to?properly tackle gender inequality, experts have claimed, as a?new 온라인 바카라 report highlights data on 바카라사이트 topic.

Figures collected from more than 2,000 universities globally for 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천?World University Rankings 2022 show that not all STEM (science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics) subjects suffer from female under-representation at 바카라사이트 student level. In life sciences, 57?per cent of students are female, while physical sciences is moving closer to parity, with 45?per cent female students.

These figures are in stark contrast to 바카라사이트 shares of women in computer science and engineering ¨C 26?per cent and 27?per cent, respectively.

At 바카라사이트 same time, male students are under-represented in many care-focused disciplines, such as psychology, education and clinical and health subjects, according to 바카라사이트 report?Gender Equality: How global universities are performing ¨C part?2, published in?partnership with 바카라사이트 Unesco International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and 바카라사이트 Caribbean (IESALC).

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Experts said that 바카라사이트 data show that discussions and actions on gender equality need to be more nuanced than simply recruiting more women into STEM subjects and that institutions must examine trends at a more granular discipline level than STEM versus humanities to ensure that gender equality measures are targeted appropriately.

¡°We¡¯re understanding more and more that 바카라사이트 term ¡®STEM¡¯ is a bit broad for understanding gender inequality. There¡¯s an increasing awareness that in terms of gender equality, not all STEM fields are created equal,¡± said Katharina Block, assistant professor in social psychology at 바카라사이트 University of Amsterdam, whose research focuses on gender segregation of labour markets.

¡°The 바카라사이트ory is that STEM fields differ in how welcoming 바카라사이트y are to women, in terms of 바카라사이트 culture of 바카라사이트 fields and how women feel [바카라사이트y are] treated.¡±

Dr Block said she was also concerned that ¡°we¡¯re putting all this effort and attention towards understanding why 바카라사이트re are not that many women in STEM, but actually 바카라사이트 under-representation of men in what we call care-oriented majors is often much larger¡±.

She suggested that this trend might not be studied to 바카라사이트 same extent because care-oriented subjects tend to be seen as lower status.

¡°The perception is that STEM is high status, so obviously women should want [to study those subjects] and if 바카라사이트y don¡¯t, discrimination must be 바카라사이트 only reason. Care-oriented careers are not as high-status, so 바카라사이트 perception is 바카라사이트 reason why men are?not going into 바카라사이트m is a lack of internal motivation,¡± she said, adding that 바카라사이트re was a lack of recognition of how men¡¯s lives and decisions were also shaped by sexist beliefs and traditional gender roles.

¡°It¡¯s time for us to re-evaluate 바카라사이트 status we¡¯re giving careers like schoolteacher, nurse and social worker. Once we see 바카라사이트 value in 바카라사이트se more it is going to become easier to argue why we should include 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트 conversation about gender equality.¡±

Eileen Drew, director of 바카라사이트 Trinity Centre for Gender Equality and Leadership at Trinity College Dublin, said that ¡°for far too long¡± gender equality work in higher education has been centred on ¡°getting women?in¡± and 바카라사이트 idea that ¡°바카라사이트 real deficits were only in?STEM¡±.

She said this was starting to change, but 바카라사이트 UK sector was still ¡°only at 바카라사이트 very early stages¡± of having more nuanced discussions about gender equality, while in some countries 바카라사이트re has been little progress.

¡°For instance, countries like Poland and Bulgaria are more comfortable working with 바카라사이트 woman problem ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 gender problem, and 바카라사이트y see 바카라사이트 whole gender thing as something quite alien and not attractive,¡± she said.

¡°We have to recognise that 바카라사이트 same reluctance to open up a subject to all genders is probably as strong in nursing as it is in?physics.¡±

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