UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science: a perspective
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As tomorrow marks the United Nations Women and Girls in Science Day, Frances Salisbury of Mewburn Ellis makes a rallying call for more action to inspire the female IP leaders of the future.
Tomorrow, Saturday February 11, marks Women and Girls in Science Day, as instituted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015.
Women have not achieved equality when it comes to science. According to UNESCO, less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women. Meanwhile the UN has flagged that, despite a shortage of skills in Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects, women still account for only 28% of engineering graduates and 40% of graduates in computer science and informatics.
In other fields such as artificial intelligence, only one in five professionals (22%) is a woman.
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