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New National Assessment studies available – Nepal and Senegal

April 17, 2018 shuyer_working Slider

Two new National Assessments of women in science and technology, and in particular the knowledge society — those of Nepal and Senegal — are now available

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WISAT Senior Associate Named a Heroine of Computing

September 12, 2013 shuyer_working Uncategorized

Nancy Hafkin, WISAT Senior Associate, is featured in the Heroines of Computing exhibit of the Women in Computing Gallery at The National Museum of Computing

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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 contributors to science and innovation.

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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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Header photo credits: fifth from left by S. Kilungu (CCAFS); all others by S. Huyer, WISAT