Fewer women want to be scientists in wealthy, equal countries

Getting more women into science and math jobs is a challenge across the world. Worldwide, 74 percent of STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — employees are male. The imbalance is biggest in fields such as computer science and physics, and smallest in life sciences and medicine. But as countries become wealthier and more focused on […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/02/22/even-in-countries-stressing-gender-equality-fewer-women-want-to-be-scientists/