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Why are girls not interested in science?

Last year, the UNESCO published a report entitled “Cracking the Code: girls’ and women’s education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)” which can be downloaded from (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000253479). In this report, they examined the factors that influence girls’ and women’s participation, performance, and retention in STEM education, and consider how the education sector can effectively …

When is a good time?

A couple of years ago, Sarah Thébaud and her colleagues published a study where they found that motherhood affects women’s careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) long even before they are to become mothers. According to their data which is based on interviews to 57 PhD students, motherhood is seen as a subject …