This report aims to 'crack the code' by deciphering the factors that hinder and facilitate girls' and women's participation, achievement and continuation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and, in particular, what the education sector can do to promote girls' and women's interest in and engagement with STEM education and ultimately STEM careers.

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I The Need for GIST -- Chapter 1 The Need for GIST -- Chapter 2 Edging Girls Out -- Chapter 3 The First Year -- Part II The VISTA Intervention -- Chapter 4 VISTA -- Chapter 5 Response to VISTA -- Chapter 6 Girl Friendly Science -- Part III The GIST Children -- Chapter 7 The GIST Children: Attributes and Attitudes -- Part IV Other Interventions -- Chapter 8 The Roadshows -- Chapter 9 Craft, Design and Technology: A Hard Nut to Crack -- Chapter 10 Girls Only? -- Part V The GIST Teachers -- Chapter 11 The Teachers' Perceptions of GIST -- Chapter 12 The Teachers' Response to the GIST Project -- Part VI Conclusions -- Chapter 13 The Effects of GIST -- Chapter 14 Implications -- Appendix 1 GIST Questionnaire: VISTA Visits -- Appendix 2 Intervention Strategies -- Appendix 3 Action Research -- Endpiece -- Bibliography -- List of Works Relating to the GIST Project -- Index

The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky, comes to the youngest readers in board format! Highlighting notable women's contributions to STEM, this board book edition features simpler text and Rachel Ignotofsky's signature illustrations reimagined for young readers to introduce the perfect role models to grow up with while inspiring a love of science. The collection includes diverse women across various scientific fields, time periods, and geographic locations. The perfect gift for every curious budding scientist!

The transformation of women's lives over the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching of social and economic phenomena, affecting not only women but also their partners, children, and indeed nearly every person on the planet. In developed and developing countries alike, women are acquiring more education, marrying later, having fewer children, and spending a far greater amount of their adult lives in the labor force. Yet, because women remain the primary caregivers of children, issues such as work-life balance and the glass ceiling have given rise to critical policy discussions in the developed world. In developing countries, many women lack access to reproductive technology and are often relegated to jobs in the informal sector, where pay is variable and job security is weak. Considerable occupational segregation and stubborn gender pay gaps persist around the world. The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy is the first comprehensive collection of scholarly essays to address these issues using the powerful framework of economics. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert or team of experts, reviews the key trends, surveys the relevant economic theory, and summarizes and critiques the empirical research literature. By providing a clear-eyed view of what we know, what we do not know, and what the critical unanswered questions are, this Handbook provides an invaluable and wide-ranging examination of the many changes that have occurred in women's economic lives.

The book focuses on the underrepresentation of women in engineering and computing and provides practical ideas for educators and employers seeking to foster gender diversity. From new ways of conceptualizing the fields for beginning students to good management practices, the report recommends large and small actions that can add up to real change.

"This book discusses increasing the participation of women in science, engineering and technology professions, educating the stakeholders - citizens, scholars, educators, managers and policy makers - how to be part of the solution"--Provided by publisher.