Abstract:
Gender imbalance impedes the participation of women in physics. The number of women in physics in
Zimbabwe remains very low relative to men. The few women who graduate with BSc degrees in physics change professions
or fields of study owing to the country’s economic hardships. This paper provides enrollment statistics of undergraduate
physics students at five institutions in the country. Some institutions have kept track of their alumni, including a female
physicist working as physics lecturer in Zimbabwe and female physicists working in geophysics and medical physics.
