FactoidWomen Hold Almost One-Fourth of STEM Jobs
Women filled 47 percent of all U.S. jobs in 2015, but held only 24 percent of STEM jobs, according to a 2017 report by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards
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Women Early-Career Scientists Significantly Less Likely To Get Grants Than Male Peers
While women in senior-ranking professorships have achieved gender parity in their share of research grants in the life science fields, there is a significant gender disparity in grant funding awarded to female junior-level scholars.» Link to the original article