Why Don’t Women Choose STEM?

Irina Yatskiv (Jackiva)

International Journal on Information Technologies & Security (ISSN: 1313-8251), pp. 79-88 (2017)
Keywords: gender equality, STEM, industry, science, interview, analysis

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Abstract

The study represents a contribution to the work which examines gender equality in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) sphere in EU and in Latvia in particular and gives the recommendations on how to change gender quality situation among researchers and professionals in STEM. The research was conducted based on a questionnaire survey aimed at developing an understanding of women‘s experiences of STEM career pathways in Latvia