Women and STEM disciplines in Latin America: The W-STEM European Project
Date
2019-09-20
Authors
García-Peñalvo, F. J.
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Publisher
IGI Global
Abstract
According to UNESCO, women account for a minority of the world’s researchers; in 2013, only 28.4% of total persons employed in Research and Development were women, data confirming the gender disparity in science.
The Latin-American and the Caribbean region shows essential differences among countries. While some seem to have good numbers of women working in science, as a percentage of total researchers, such as Argentina, 52%; Venezuela, 56%; and Bolivia, 62%; others like Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Chile achieve low rates with around 30%.
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Keywords
W-STEM, STEM, gender, engineering
Citation
García-Peñalvo, F. J. (2019). Women and STEM disciplines in Latin America: The W-STEM European Project. Journal of Information Technology Research, 12(4), v-viii.