Women make up just one-third of the global scientific community. In some countries, fewer than one in ten researchers are women, with even fewer in STEM leadership roles.
This imbalance limits diversity of ideas and research, introduces bias in research, and risks overlooking key perspectives as we tackle global challenges.
UNESCO Call to action: Closing the gender gap in science urges concrete steps to promote gender equality in science. It brings together governments, institutions, the public and private sectors, and civil society to act.
CCWESTT acknowledges that our greater science, engineering, trades and technology (or SETT) community is situated on the ceded and unceded traditional territories of First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples from coast to coast to coast in what is known as ‘Canada’. CCWESTT fervently believes SETT is enriched through collective relations and knowledge sharing and is committed to helping enhance and build these relations. Full land acknowledgement here.
