Page 14 - 4.2.4.分4-演讲报告4-Akkaya-Gender Equality in Science: What is to be done?

The big question

Let’s define the problem. The problem is although 50 % of all the population is women, yet…

• based on UNESCO Institute of Statics, less than 30 % of researches are women worldwide.

• The big question is Why?

25 % of women reported personally experiencing
sexual harassment (survey: 32,000 researchers 50

% women 50 % men)

Website of the project:
https://gender-gap-in-science.org/

Mahinur S. Akkaya, DLUT, China The 2nd World Science and Technology Development Forum, Women in Science-November 9 th, 2020