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Under/Over 50 Percent - Share of Women in Specific Occupations

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports women are 19 percent of software developers, 27 percent of chief executives, and 37 percent of lawyers; but outnumber men when it comes to registered nurses (89 percent), elementary and middle school teachers (80 percent), and accountants and auditors (61 percent).

Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards

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Getting More Females Into Engineering

The United Kingdom--like the United States--struggles with women being underrepresented in the engineering field (a 2023 report found only 18% of individuals seeking engineering and technology undergraduate degrees in the UK were women). Learn what one male and two female chemical engineers--at different stages of their careers--think needs to be done to close the engineering gender gap.»  Link to the original article