Closing the Gender Gap #Infographic

Published by Web Desk Sunday, January 22, 2017

Although women have made inroads into many fields and industries traditionally dominated by men, men still dominate the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) industries. Even in a developed country such as the US where women constitute 50% of the population and 47% of the workforce, only 24% work in STEM fields. This notwithstanding, 53% of women in STEM fields hold social science related jobs, whereas 51% hold biological and medical sciences jobs. On the other hand, only 26% of women have computer and mathematical sciences expertise, whereas 13% have an engineering background.

These figures show that majority of women in STEM fields have a background in social, biological and medical sciences, whereas very few have engineering, computer and mathematics expertise.

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Infographic by: graduatedegrees.online.njit.edu

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