On 11th February, EUNICE European University celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by making women working in science and research more visible and encouraging girls to get into any area of science they want to work in, without feeling limited by their gender.
In an ideal world, the proportion of women and men in science would be balanced. Unfortunately, however, we have not yet reached this point, so that despite efforts to achieve more equality in science, women are still underrepresented. For this reason, the United Nations decided at its General Assembly in December 2015 to create the “International Day of Women and Girls in Science” and to celebrate it annually on 11th February. This day aims to promote full and equal access to participation in science for women and girls.
The importance of such measures is shown by UNESCO figures from 2016, according to which only just under 30 % of researchers worldwide were female. The proportion of women in European science is slightly above average, at 33 % in Western Europe and 39 % in Central and Eastern Europe.
A large number of outstanding female scientists work and research within the EUNICE Alliance. Representing each of our partner universities, this is what they stated:
