Blueprint for the future : : framing the issues of women in science in a global context : summary of a workshop / / Catherine Didion, Lisa M. Frehill, and Willie Pearson, Jr., rapporteurs ; Committee On Status and Participation of Women In STEM Disciplines and Careers, Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.
"The scientific work of women is often viewed through a national or regional lens, but given the growing worldwide connectivity of most, if not all, scientific disciplines, there needs to be recognition of how different social, political, and economic mechanisms impact women's participatio...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Washington, District of Columbia : : National Academies Press,, [2012] 2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (125 pages) :; illustrations |
| Notes: | "In April 2011, an ad hoc committee overseen by the National Academies' standing Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM) convened a workshop entitled, "Blueprint for the future: framing the issues of women in science in a global context" in Washington, D.C. |
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Table of Contents:
- Welcome and overview of the workshop
- Panel I: Cross-cultural issues [Knowledge and data sources
- Socio-historical trends
- Higher education
- Workforce segregation
- Panel discussion
- Question and answer comments]
- Panel II: Focal disciplines [Chemical sciences
- Computer science - Mathematics and statistics
- Panel discussion
- Question and answer comments]
- Panel III: Cross-cutting themes [Role of disciplinary societies
- :Promising programs
- Promising policies
- Panel discussion
- Question and answer comments]
- Concluding presentation and discussion.