Sentences with phrase «women in science decades»

In some ways, she is facing an experience that was more routine for women in science decades ago.

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The first three decades of the twentieth century, a time characterized by the arrival of the culture of modernity, was a period of great change not only for women but also in the realms of economics, politics, the arts, science, and social and religious thought.

WOMEN IN SCIENCE Progress has been made on closing the gender gap in science - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suggWOMEN IN SCIENCE Progress has been made on closing the gender gap in science - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suggestIN SCIENCE Progress has been made on closing the gender gap in science - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suSCIENCE Progress has been made on closing the gender gap in science - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suggestin science - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suscience - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suggwomen, a new study suggests.

I mounted an angry, indignant response and found myself wondering what the past decade of women in science advocacy has really changed.

Yet these environments are hard to find in science, and because increasing the representation of women in male environments takes time — decades earlier than years — this is more of a long term option.

In recent decades, policymakers, research organizations, and funders of science have made efforts to increase the participation of women in science teams, leadership roles, and evaluation panelIn recent decades, policymakers, research organizations, and funders of science have made efforts to increase the participation of women in science teams, leadership roles, and evaluation panelin science teams, leadership roles, and evaluation panels.

Still smarting from a controversy over the role of women in science, Harvard University President Larry Summers today gave his thumbs up to a plan which would pump $ 50 million over the next decade into creating a more diverse academic community at the campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Over recent decades and across the globe women have surpassed men in college enrollment and degree attainment yet women remain underrepresented in physical, engineering, mathematics and computer sciences (PEMC).

In the past decade, researchers have developed prenatal tests for gender and Rh blood group based on testing for mutations in fragments of fetal DNA circulating in the blood of pregnant women (Science, 2 September 2005, p. 1476In the past decade, researchers have developed prenatal tests for gender and Rh blood group based on testing for mutations in fragments of fetal DNA circulating in the blood of pregnant women (Science, 2 September 2005, p. 1476in fragments of fetal DNA circulating in the blood of pregnant women (Science, 2 September 2005, p. 1476in the blood of pregnant women (Science, 2 September 2005, p. 1476).

After nearly 2 decades of struggle, resulting in considerable gains, women still make up only 12.5 % of senior faculty (associate and full professors) in the natural sciences and engineering at all U.S. universities and 4 - year colleges (see upper graph), according to National Science Foundation data.

During the last two decades, women have already made substantial progress in several science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.