STEM has a gender problem. We must address it in the COVID-19 recovery

STEM has a gender problem. We must address it in the COVID-19 recovery

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Women have made significant progress in higher education equality, representing 45-55% of bachelor and master levels of study.

However, progress has been slower in subject areas driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as computer sciences and engineering.

With the digital economy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution are vital to pandemic recovery, it's critical that more women have opportunities to participate.

Below is an exploration of how this can be achieved in order to improve gender equality in Asia.



According to Unesco data, globally, women are progressing toward parity in higher education (they represent 45 to 55 percent of bachelor and master levels of study and 44 percent of PhD's). However, when looking at those disciplines driving advances in the digital economy and the fourth industrial revolution — key drivers of the post-pandemic recovery —