UNESCO: More and more women do science

On November 23, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) published a report saying that the number of female scientists in developing countries has increased by 50% within 5 years from 2002 to 2007.

Scientist Joanna Fowler (left) and scientist Elaine Fuchs.(Photo: Getty Images)

The report of the Institute of Statistics (UIS) of UNESCO said that for 5 years, developing countries had nearly 1 million more female scientists, bringing the total number of female scientists in the world to 2.7 million and raising billions. the proportion of women in the global scientific world from 30% to over 38%.

In which the number of female scientists in Asia increased mainly due to the increase in the proportion of Chinese female scientists, from 14% to 20%.

According to the report, countries such as Argentina, Cuba, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela and some European countries such as Macedonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Mondova and Serbia have achieved gender balance in the field of scientific research.

The percentage of female scientists of the Independent States Community (SNG) is 43%, of Africa is 33%.