With a hashtag of #WomenInScience, the United Nations kicked off its sixth annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science assembly. A short post on the BoldData website seems to suggest the STEM business sector may not have gotten that memo.

The unwomen.org prefaces the Feb. 11, 2021, event stating, “The world needs science, and science needs women and girls.” They also point out the undercurrent of gender inequality in STEM-related businesses:
“According to UNESCO’s forthcoming Science Report, only 33 percent of researchers are women, despite the fact that they represent 45 percent and 55 percent of students at the bachelor’s and master’s levels of study, respectively, and 44 percent of those enrolled in PhD programs.”
—unwomen.org

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