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Gledhill, Irvy M.A.
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Okeke, Francisca Nneka
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Ouedraogo, Marie-Francoise
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dc.contributor.author |
Potgieter, Marietjie
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-12-01T13:00:09Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-12-01T13:00:09Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021-08 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Science in Africa is expanding, but it is important to establish whether the scientific community
experiences a gender gap. Where survey results from the project “A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in
Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It?” are available for
Africa, they indicate that the gender gaps in science are comparable to those in other regions of the world. The
major significant survey result for Africa is that approximately 22%of respondents who are women, and 4%of
men, report first-hand experience of sexual harassment. Recommendations are quoted from the regional
meeting of African scientists at the final conference of the project. The activities of the International Union of
Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), and the
International Mathematical Union (IMU) in Africa are described, and ways of working for change are
recommended. |
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dc.description.department |
Chemistry |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2022 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
The funding for this project was provided by ISC, IMU, IUPAC, IUPAP, the International
Astronomical Union, the International Union of Biological Sciences, the International Council for Industrial
and Applied Mathematics, the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Gender in Science, Innovation,
Technology and Engineering (GenderInSITE), the Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World
(OWSD), and the Association for Computing Machinery. |
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dc.description.uri |
https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/pac/html |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Gledhill, I.M.A., Okeke, F.N., Ouedraogo, M.-F. et al. 2021, 'The gender gap among scientists in Africa : results from the global survey and recommendations for future work', Pure and Applied Chemistry, vol. 93, no. 8, pp. 889-897, doi : 10.1515/pac-2020-1208. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0033-4545 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1365-3075 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1515/pac-2020-1208 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88590 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
De Gruyter |
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dc.rights |
© 2021 IUPAC & De Gruyter. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
4.0 International License. |
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dc.subject |
Africa |
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dc.subject |
Science |
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dc.subject |
Scientists |
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dc.subject |
Gender gap |
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dc.subject |
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) |
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dc.title |
The gender gap among scientists in Africa : results from the global survey and recommendations for future work |
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dc.type |
Article |
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