Women in STEM

Promoting gender equality in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

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Why

Women make up half of the total U.S. college-educated workforce, but only 29% of the science and engineering workforce.

SHOULD

For every dollar a man earns, a woman only earns 86 cents in the United States.

WE

In 2014, for every ten scientists in Singapore, only three were females. The participation rate of women in STEM climbed from 23.6% in 2004 to 29%.

Care?

71% of Multi National Companies have a board of directors consisting of less than 20% women.

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Diabetes and Contaminated Waters - The Key to Defeating Type 1 Diabetes May Lay in the Viruses Commo

Unlike type 2 diabetes, type 1 is not linked to diet, as it has a both genetic and environmental origin. While the triggering virus has...

Social Media; A Catalyst for the Feminist Movement

“We wear no mark; we belong to every class; we permeate every class of the community from the highest to the lowest; and so you see in...

How are EEGs used to Detect Epilepsy?

Most of us have probably heard of the term “EEG scan”. Got a persisting headache? Go for an EEG scan. Trying to confirm a diagnosis for...

An Interview with Entrepreneur, Pat Reed

Q: In what ways can we help the under representation of women in STEM fields? A: I think the good news is that this issue is getting a...

What is Quantum Computing?

While quantum physics itself remains elusive to the vast majority of people, its practical applications are astounding in their gravity....

Reducing Epidemic Deaths via The Naive Bayes Classifier and Big Data Mining

This essay digs deep into the Naïve Bayes Classifier and Bayes’ Theorem as a technique of big data mining. It introduces an innovative...

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— Hillary Clinton, 2016