Women Go Into STEM More In Countries Without Gender Equality
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/globally-women-tend-to-avoid-science-careers-even-when-theyre-good-at-it/?utm_campaign=Hung%20Lee&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletterD&I
Issue #79
23 Apr 2020
Kind of a terrible headline but the data is clear; much higher degree of gender equality in STEM in the less developed countries. What gives? Theory: poor people don’t have the luxury of choice and choose STEM irrespective of gender, because that its the clearest route out of poverty. More for us to ponder on the diversity issue in tech.