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Women career scientists still face gender bias: UNESCO

By IANS | Updated: February 12, 2021 17:26 IST

New Delhi, Feb 12 Women still account for only 28 per cent of engineering graduates and 40 per cent ...

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New Delhi, Feb 12 Women still account for only 28 per cent of engineering graduates and 40 per cent of graduates in computer science and informatics, said a forthcoming UNESCO Science Report,

 

 

A chapter on gender in science from the report, called 'To be Smart the Digital Revolution will Need to be Inclusive', was published on International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and highlights that women are not benefitting fully from employment opportunities open to highly educated and skilled experts in cutting edge fields such as artificial intelligence where only one in five professionals

( With inputs from IANS )

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