Teen Voices: How the Matilda Effect Affects Women in STEM
If we want equality for women and girls in science we must develop young girls’ early interest in STEM subjects.
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How Can We Close the Gender Gap Within STEM?
The gender imbalance in STEM fields goes beyond women in these industries: It’s bad for women across our society. And if it’s bad for women, then it’s bad for society as a whole.
Tech Women in India’s Startup Boom Reach Out
Neeru Sharma says it took passion and conviction to start her online retail outlet. That’s a message more women in India’s male-dominated and high-powered startup environment need to hear.
Tweeters Celebrate Swift, Steep Tumble of Tim Hunt
Science watchers on Twitter are overjoyed. In the span of just a few days–far less time than it took Larry Summers to leave Harvard–a Nobel laureate resigned over comments about “the trouble with girls in science.”
Female Teens Ready for Rocket Launch Competition
Only five of the 100 national teen teams competing at Saturday’s Team America Rocketry Challenge are all-female. One contestant said that doesn’t faze her–male competitors stopped intimidating her in grade school.
Women Love Language, So Why Not Computer Code?
Girls and women out-perform in languages, so they should feel confident about tackling the boom language of the digital age. Is this pep talk needed? Yes, if you consider the sharp drop-off of women in computer science since 1985.
Women’s Studies Should Include High-Tech Mastery
Integrating media technology in the classroom can help boost women’s participation in Internet culture, says Sharon Collingwood in the book of essays “Feminist Cyberspaces: Pedagogies in Transition.” In this excerpt she spotlights female bloggers.
Female ‘Stereotype Threat’ Brain Drains U.S. STEM
Negative perceptions are still choking off women’s access to careers in science, technology, engineering and math. But if girls are encouraged in the early grades they will benefit, along with the U.S. economy.
Women Were First Computer Programmers
In this excerpt from “The Computer Boys Take Over,” historian Nathan Ensmenger explains that the first computer programmers were women because managers expected programming to be low-skill clerical work. They were wrong: The job required skill and ingenuity and these women persevered.
Study Takes Mystery Out of Hiring Tech Women
Practical advice on hiring women to the high-paying jobs in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) is offered in a 50-page study released today by the Anita Borg Institute. Women are 24 percent of the STEM work force.
