[HIGHLIGHTS] Women in Science Day: female scientific role models are missing

Women in Science Day: female scientific role models are missing. A third of researchers in the world are women and progress has stalled for ten years.

Certain disciplines are still shunned by young girls, such as mathematics, physics or engineering sciences. UNESCO is launching a new call: it is urgent to close the gender gap in scientific careers. In Antananarivo, the STEM4Good association is trying to reverse this trend. On the Big Island, a third ofResearchers are women, reflecting the world average.