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Researchers found that women are 12% less likely to earn math-heavy #STEM degrees than men.Among U.S. students who score the same on math #achievementtests,#girls are less #confident in their math abilities. Confidence building activities like coding may curb the #gendergap
Researchers found hat occupations with over 90% male workers are associated with a 52%increase in unpleasant feelings for women, compared to working in occupations with less than 10 per cent male workers. #women#work#careers@iwhresearch
Researchers studied the grades of 1.6 million English-speaking students and found that #girls and #boys perform similarly in #STEM subjects. They reported gender differences on the extreme tails of the ability distribution but it doesn't account for #gendergaps in STEM.#education
In 2017 only 27% of #Indian#women participated in the #workforce compared to 79% of men. Additionally, India's 2011 census revealed that only 17% of people #commuting to #work in urban areas were women. Making streets safer could increase public #transportation access.
In 2018, 22.6% of #women were board members of Fortune 500 #healthcare companies.@Rock_Health surveyed 635 women across healthcare and found that companies with 50% or more women executives had an average company culture rating of 8.6 on a scale of 1-10 (with 1 being the worst).
Advocates say that flexibility arrangements within a 9-5 #workday for #workingmothers may lead to "flexibility stigma" and may have consequences to their long-term #career. Advocates suggest a holistic system that opens flexibility to everyone.@werk @CNNMoney#equity