Women in Science: What Are the Barriers for Women in Senior Career Positions - Advances in Applied Sociology

AASoci > Vol.11 No.10, October 2021

Advances in Applied Sociology

Volume 11, Issue 10 (October 2021)

ISSN Print: 2165-4328 ISSN Online: 2165-4336

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Women in Science: What Are the Barriers for Women in Senior Career Positions ()

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DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2021.1110043 225 Downloads 1,200 Views Citations

Author(s)

Olfa Messaoud¹, Rana Dajani^2,3

Affiliation(s)

¹Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
²Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
³Jepson School of Leadership, University of Richmond, Richmond, USA.

ABSTRACT

For several years, many governmental and non-governmental agencies, as well as researchers have made great efforts in addressing issues related to the factors that prevent women from pursuing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers. These efforts resulted in better representation of women in these fields both in the Arab countries as well as in other developed countries. However, in these countries, women remain under-repre- sented in senior career positions, e.g., ministers, members of the parliament, heads of state institutions. Here, we try to identify the most important barriers that women are facing and suggest some recommendations to overcome them.

KEYWORDS

Women in Science, Senior Positions, Universal/Specific Barriers, Environment and Psychological Obstacles, Recommendations

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Messaoud, O. and Dajani, R. (2021) Women in Science: What Are the Barriers for Women in Senior Career Positions. Advances in Applied Sociology, 11, 492-499. doi: 10.4236/aasoci.2021.1110043.

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