Initiatives have spanned healthcare, education, and economic development, with a focus on empowering women in rural areas and leadership roles. Both nations are also aligning gender equality goals with broader agendas such as climate change and digitalization.
While women constitute the majority of college graduates, they account for only 33% of college presidents.
Indiana University hosted a conference featuring pioneering women judges from the Middle East and North Africa, offering invaluable insights to law and Arabic language students. The event, moderated by Maurer School Dean Christiana Ochoa, discussed the rise of female representation in regional judiciaries and its societal impacts.
Three Cambodian women have made history by becoming the first from their nation to graduate from top Russian universities in the field of nuclear engineering and thermal physics. Overcoming challenges like language barriers, gender bias and cultural adaptation, they aim to revolutionize Cambodia’s energy landscape, dispel misconceptions about nuclear power and inspire more women into STEM fields.
Provost Austin Agho announced on July 12 that the grant received by ODU will help promote the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and tenure of women STEM faculty, particularly women of color. The project, “Re-envisioning Inclusive and Sustainable Excellence: Advancing Women in STEM at Old Dominion University,” aims to improve the departmental climate to make it more inclusive. Agho added that the grant is positive news for ODU and its efforts in diversifying faculty.
The report highlights progress in educational attainment and political empowerment on a global scale but reveals a decline in economic participation. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly widened the gender gap in employment.
At least 48 percent of women in the said age group held university degrees in 2022, while only 37 percent of their male counterparts achieved the same educational milestone.
Dr. Bharat highlighted the gender-based challenges faced by women worldwide in terms of access, acceptance, and advancement. Women’s early socialization in gender bias limits their enrollment in STEM courses, which are traditionally seen as male-dominated.
She will be the first woman to lead the university as its chancellor since 1787.
Former US Secretary Hillary Clinton will teach a course dubbed “Inside the Situation Room” to give students a holistic understanding of foreign policy decision-making.
Figures show that women are still lagging behind in terms of career progress and representation at UK universities, with just 28 percent of professors being female despite 56 percent of first-degree undergraduates being women.
Afghan have students called on the government to reopen the doors of schools and universities for girls.
While women constitute the majority of college graduates, they account for only 33% of college presidents.
Indiana University hosted a conference featuring pioneering women judges from the Middle East and North Africa, offering invaluable insights to law and Arabic language students. The event, moderated by Maurer School Dean Christiana Ochoa, discussed the rise of female representation in regional judiciaries and its societal impacts.
Three Cambodian women have made history by becoming the first from their nation to graduate from top Russian universities in the field of nuclear engineering and thermal physics. Overcoming challenges like language barriers, gender bias and cultural adaptation, they aim to revolutionize Cambodia’s energy landscape, dispel misconceptions about nuclear power and inspire more women into STEM fields.
Provost Austin Agho announced on July 12 that the grant received by ODU will help promote the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and tenure of women STEM faculty, particularly women of color. The project, “Re-envisioning Inclusive and Sustainable Excellence: Advancing Women in STEM at Old Dominion University,” aims to improve the departmental climate to make it more inclusive. Agho added that the grant is positive news for ODU and its efforts in diversifying faculty.
The report highlights progress in educational attainment and political empowerment on a global scale but reveals a decline in economic participation. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly widened the gender gap in employment.
At least 48 percent of women in the said age group held university degrees in 2022, while only 37 percent of their male counterparts achieved the same educational milestone.
Dr. Bharat highlighted the gender-based challenges faced by women worldwide in terms of access, acceptance, and advancement. Women’s early socialization in gender bias limits their enrollment in STEM courses, which are traditionally seen as male-dominated.
She will be the first woman to lead the university as its chancellor since 1787.
Former US Secretary Hillary Clinton will teach a course dubbed “Inside the Situation Room” to give students a holistic understanding of foreign policy decision-making.
Figures show that women are still lagging behind in terms of career progress and representation at UK universities, with just 28 percent of professors being female despite 56 percent of first-degree undergraduates being women.
Afghan have students called on the government to reopen the doors of schools and universities for girls.
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