Gender Equity Resources
Priority is given to resources and reports relevant to international issues. Suggestions for inclusion gratefully received: please email communications@inwes.net with details, including a weblink or with documents.
Information related to gender and general resources
International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology (GST) – Open source journal that focuses on gender issues in and of science and technology, including engineering, construction and the built environment (Open University, UK)
CIWES-ICFIS Canadian Archive of Women in STEM – (CIWES was until 2019 INWES- ERI Education and Research Institute in Canada)
CamAWISE Resources – miscellaneous links to blogs etc (UK)
CASCAID – videos championing women in engineering 2013 (UK)
Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director of Portia – GS6 Gender Summits Overview video (UK)
GenderIT.org – feminist reflections on Internet Policy (Global)
GenPort – a community-sourced internet portal for sharing knowledge and inspiring collaborative action on gender and science (Europe)
Jo Sanders (USA)
NSF’s ADVANCE – program to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, to 2015 (USA)
SARG (South Africa)
SCWIST – general resources (Canada)
Society of Women Engineers– research (USA)
The Gender Equity Project – City University of New York project (USA)
The United Nations Statistics Division provides annual reports on progress towards the SDGs,including on gender, e.g. the annual Gender Snapshot reports.
WISE Campaign (Women into Science and Engineering) (UK)
Women in STEMM Australia – resources and info (Australia)
Reports on Women in STEM
In order of publication, with most recent at the top.
Lafortune, Louise; Groleau, Audrey; Deschenes, Claire; Manifesto about Women IN STEM – 50 Positive and Impactful Texts, AFFESTIM, Les Edition JFD, 2022, Canada
https://www.editionsjfd.com/static/uploaded/Files/PDFManifestoWomenSTEM-EditionsJFD2022.pdf
UN Gender Snapshot 2022 report: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/gender-snapshot/2022/ UN Women and DESA (Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women -UN Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs- DESA), 2022a. The Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2022, New York.
SHE Figures 2021 (November 2021, European Commission, PDF) – latest statistics for women in science in the European Union.
UNESCO Science Report 2021 – women are still under-represented in STEM fields related to Industry 4.0, such as computing, engineering, mathematics and physics: https://www.unesco.org/reports/science/2021/en/women-digital-revolution
Gender Gap in Science: A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences
How to Measure It, How to Reduce It? – final report of a 2017-2019 project (2020, International Science Council, Berlin, PDF)
Gender Perspectives in International Cooperation in Science, Technology, and Innovation, Briefing Paper No. 15, (June 2020, from the EU GenderAction program, PDF)
UNESCO Women in Science 2019 Fact Sheet (2019, UNESCO, PDF)
The 2018 Policy Report on Balanced Development of Human Resources for the Future – Analysis of Global Gender Indices and Joint Survey Results from INWES APNN/ARN Member Countries (2018, Association of Korean Woman Scientists and Engineers KWSE, PDF) NB. NB. INWES member report. Past reports (2012 onwards) and other resources from KWSE available here.
2017 Policy Report on Gender Barriers in Science and Engineering in the Asia and Pacific Nations (2017, Dongseo University, PDF) NB. INWES member report
Gender in the Global Research Landscape (2017, Elsevier, PDF)
Cracking the code: Girls’ and women’s education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) (2017, UNESCO, PDF, several languages) NB. With INWES input
Measuring Gender Equality in Science and Engineering – Working Paper 1: The SAGA Science, Technology and Innovation Gender Objectives List (2016, UNESCO, PDF)
Measuring Gender Equality in Science and Engineering – Working Paper 2 The SAGA Toolkit (2016, UNESCO, PDF)
UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030 (2015, UNESCO, PDF)
A strategy for inclusiveness, well-being and diversity in engineering workplaces (2014, Australian Government, PDF) NB. With INWES input
French Women Engineers Survey (2014, Femmes Ingenieurs, France, PDF) NB. INWES member
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education: A Primer (2012, Congressional Research Service, USA, PDF)
Leadership Excellence for Academic Diversity (LEAD) Summary and Full Report (2010, Advance USA, PDF)
References to INWES
Lafortune, Louise; Groleau, Audrey; Deschenes, Claire; Manifesto about Women IN STEM – 50 Positive and Impactful Texts, AFFESTIM, Les Edition JFD, 2022, Canada
https://www.editionsjfd.com/static/uploaded/Files/PDFManifestoWomenSTEM-EditionsJFD2022.pdf
Peers, Sarah; Women Engineering a Sustainable Future, in Special Issue “World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development” of the Journal of Institute of Engineers Mauritius, Issue#15, pp94-106, March 4th, 2021, Mauritius.
This chapter only: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350914679_Women_Engineering_a_Sustainable_Future_in_Special_Issue_of_the_Journal_of_Institution_of_Engineers_Mauritius_World_Engineering_Day_for_Sustainable_Development
Full journal issue: http://worldengineeringday.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IEM-Final-Journal-March-2021-V260221.pdf
Frize, Monique; The International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists, Women and ICT, June 12–14, 2005, Baltimore, MD
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1117417.1117435?download=true
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Parent/Schools Resources
Sites for Girls
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INWES members and affiliated organizations, please email communication@www.inwes.org with any corrections or omissions.
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
AFISC Association des Femmes Ingenieurs et Scientifiques au Cameroun
ATFI Association Tunisienne Femmes Ingénieurs, Tunisia
AWSE African Women in Science and Engineering, Kenya
Daphne Jackson Trust, United Kingdom
Dongseo University, Republic of Korea
DIB Deutscher Ingenieurinnenbund, Germany
Fed.MES WE Federation of Myanmar Engineering Societies, Women Engineers Chapter
Femmes Ingénieurs, France
FLA Association Femme Leader d’Afrique, Burkina Faso & Cote d’Ivoire
IEM Institute of Engineers, Malaysia
IET Institution of Engineers Tanzania – Women Chapter
IFT Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones – Mujeres STEM, Mexico
JNWES Japanese Network of Women Engineers and Scientists
KWSE Association of Korean Woman Scientists and Engineers, Republic of Korea
MMUSTEM Student Network, Kenya
OPAGESTE, Nigeria
Oslo Metropolitan University Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, Norway
PIET Persatuan Revolusi Perindustrian, Malaysia
Purdue University College of Engineering – Women in Engineering Program, USA
PTC-WEN Philippine Technological Council – Women Engineers Network
Swiss Engineering, Switzerland
TWIST Society of Taiwan Women in Science and Technology
UNA Uni-Assist Namibia
University of Warwick, United Kingdom
VAFIW Vietnam Association for Intellectual Women
WES, United Kingdom
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STEM and Gender Advancement (SAGA) project
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