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Girls have overtaken boys in science participation. In workplaces, it’s a completely different story

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The number of young women enrolling in science and maths in year 12 has nearly reached parity with young men, but while the battle for the minds is being won at school, jobs in these industries continue to be dominated by men.

Girls now make up 52 per cent of science enrolments and 48 per cent of mathematics enrolments in the final year of school, new government figures show. They have also passed boys in agriculture and environment sciences, earth sciences and chemistry – with female participation in the latter subject growing from 49 per cent in 2013 to 51 per cent.

The proportion of women in STEM-qualified occupations was only 15 per cent in 2022, up from 10 per cent two decades ago in 2002. And women in STEM are paid $27,012 less than men on average, a wider-than-average pay gap. Since 2015, the federal government has been ramping up investment in cutting the gender gap in STEM. Almost $150 million has been spent on programs, such as the women in STEM ambassador initiative.

“When it comes to workplaces, we still have a long way to go to a real systemic structural approach about promoting and retaining women in the workforce,” said Dr Janin Bredehoeft, chief executive of Science in Australia Gender Equity.

Source: Tech Daily Report (techdailyreport.net)

 

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