Much of what keeps science accurate, ethical, and usable is done by women and girls—and because it doesn’t look like a ...

UNESCO’s Call to Action to Close the Gender Gap in Science, launched in February 2024, stresses the need for sustained and collective commitment. The initiative calls for dismantling entrenched gender ...

According to data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), only about 30% of female students globally choose to pursue science, technology, engineering and ...

You might have heard of Lise Meitner. A native of Austria, she was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in Germany. She also helped discover nuclear fission. Yet the 1944 Nobel Prize ...

Finding the Women in Science club was more than just a good addition to these students' resumes; it was a community that could support them in all their aspirations. “This is the place where I belong, ...

The proportion of female doctoral graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in South Korea ...

On today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, only a few nations have reached parity in tertiary STEM education. Numbers from a UNESCO database show that a majority of countries, ...

According to the UN, around one-third of all people working in research worldwide are women, while in Austria this proportion ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Against a backdrop of historical neglect and a ...

Miami, Florida / Syndication Cloud / January 23, 2026 / Trybello LLC Key Takeaways Female pattern hair loss affects about 12% ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I asked my fourth graders as we circled up for our morning meeting. Hands shot up: ...

By 10am at Masasa Community Day Secondary School in Mzuzu City, Ndaona Mulungu’s chemistry class is in full swing. When he asks a question, hands shoot up—mostly boys. In the back row, several desks ...