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Month: February 2013

WISAT joins Broadband Commission Working Group

February 20, 2013

WISAT Senior Associate Nancy Hafkin has been named to the recently created Working Group on Broadband and Gender of the United Nations Broadband Commission. Geraldine

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Alarmingly few women in S&T in knowledge economies

February 19, 2013

Numbers of women in physics, engineering, computer science on the decline globally: The number of women in science, technology and innovation is alarmingly low in the

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WICT4D in Washington DC

February 18, 2013

WISAT Executive Director Sophia Huyer and Senior Associate Nancy Hafkin were among 75 global leaders from some 20 countries on women and information technologies (ICTs)

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About WISAT

Women in Global Science and Technology is an international non-profit promoting women's development of science, technology and innovation. Women should have equal access to technologies and be equal participants in the knowledge society.

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The number of women in science, technology and innovation is alarmingly low in the world’s leading economies, and actually on the decline in several, including the United States. Women remain severely under-represented in degree programs for these fields. Even in countries where the numbers of women studying science and technology have increased, more women are not finding their way into the workplace.

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