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typically runs less than 5% and 3%, respectively. Similarly, women, providing approximately 50% of the general population, typically comprise less than 20% of the technology and leadership positions in the major technology companies. When it comes to the engineering and computing workforce, which accounts for more than 80% of STEM jobs, women remain dramatically underrepresented, as documented in the American Association of University Women's (AAUW) recent research report Solving the Equation: The Variables for Women's Success in Engineering and Computing (McBride & McBride, 2018). Women were underrepresented as external seminar program speakers and on decision-making committees for faculty promotions, institutional strategy, and graduate student appointment or recruitment. In addition, most institutions did not have policies that promote gender diversity on committees or to encourage women-friendly workplaces. (Beeler, et al., 2019). Women in STEM are more likely to be assigned jobs where there is less recognition compared to men. Surveys show that women spent more hours per week teaching and fewer hours conducting research than men. This meant women had little opportunity for promotions.
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In Japan, the ratio of participation of women in the STEM field is very low. According to the survey in 2013, while almost all countries in OECD have about 20% to 40% of women researchers, Japan has 14.6%, which is a relatively low ratio. The ratio of women researchers is the lowest among countries
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Underrepresented groups in computing, a subset of the STEM fields, include Hispanics, and African-Americans. In the United States in 2015, Hispanics were 15% of the population and African-Americans were 13%, but their representation in the workforces of major tech companies in technical positions
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in OECD in every area, including the industry, government, and universities, especially in the industrial areas, there are only 8.1% of women researchers. Although the ratio is slightly increasing, the speed of this increase is relatively low compared to the other countries.
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In Canada, the Employment Equity Act labels four designated groups: Women, Aboriginal Peoples (now an obsolete term), Persons with Disabilities and Members of Visible Minorities (who are not Aboriginal, non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour).
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describes a subset of a population that holds a smaller percentage within a significant subgroup than the subset holds in the general population. Specific characteristics of an underrepresented group vary depending on the subgroup being considered.
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Beeler, W. H., Beeler, W. H., Jagsi, R., Solomon, S. L., Beeler, W. H., Jagsi, R., ... Solomon, S. L. (2019, September 6). Report cards show women still under-represented in STEM. Retrieved from
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and Engineering Workforce Pipeline
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Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation, America's Science and TEchnology Talent at the Crossroads 2011
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to contemporary underrepresentation of minority groups in scientific and mathematical industries in the US
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Nimmesgern, H. (2016, February 18). Why Are Women Underrepresented in STEM Fields? Retrieved from
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less than 9% of the United Kingdom's full-time and part-time professors in science are women
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McBride, L., & McBride, L. (2018, September 17). Lisa McBride. Retrieved from
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Lambert, Froniga (2003). "News: The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award".
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workers. Other underrepresented groups in science and engineering included
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balanced fashion
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science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
minorities
science
engineering
African Americans
Native Americans
Alaskan Natives
Hispanics
America COMPETES Act
Computing Research Association
Diversity in Library Science
Labor and Worklife Program
Minority Group
National Center for Women & Information Technology
STEM pipeline
Systemic bias
Women in Data
Notes and Records of the Royal Society
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