Cracking the Code: Girls’ and Women’s Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultura UNESCO

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Abstract: This report aims to ‘crack the code’, or to decipher the factors that hinder or facilitate girls’ and women’s participation, achievement and continuation in STEM education, and what can be done by the education sector to promote girls’ and women’s interest in, and engagement with, STEM.

Keywords: eSS; gender equality; Science; Technology; Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); science; technology; education; education sector; gender differences; STEM education; education performance. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-11
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