I shared in a previous post some stats and facts about women in STEM studies and the workforce. Having female influence in STEM fields helps to achieve a more balanced state in terms of gender but it is not solely a benefit to the female gender. Attracting and retaining women in the fields that remain […]
In our culture, there is a prevailing notion that boys are somehow inherently better at math than girls are. This dangerous assumption is at the core of the gender imbalance that exists in fields of study and work involving math, such as engineering. When most people, including educators, have a subconscious idea that math is […]
In the workforce, women have been closing the gender gap in both rate of employment and income nearly year after year. During the recession that started in 2008, when job loss was approaching Great Depression numbers, women held onto jobs at much higher rates than men did. Currently, the number of women in the workforce […]
