Women and girls around the world are excluded from participation
in science and technology (S&T) by poverty, lack of education
and aspects of their legal, institutional, political and
cultural environments. Science, Technology and Gender: An
International Report is designed to support efforts being made
worldwide to analyze, discuss and change this situation. Based
on empirical research and data, this UNESCO report incorporates
substantive inputs from institutions involved in science,
technology, gender studies and policy. Marking the start of an
ongoing initiative, it aims to spur serious discussion and
action in national and international scientific and academic
communities, especially regarding the pressing needs to increase
women’s participation in S&T careers and enable sex-
disaggregated data collection and rigorous research development,
along with increasing public awareness of gender issues. With
its goal of helping educators, policy-makers and the members of
the scientific community to address the und