Women In Physics - IST

Here are some ideas on using this day for growth 💕

Did you know that Physics has one of the largest gender gaps in STEMM* fields? 🤯

For this reason, we decided to form a Women in Physics group at Técnico to strive towards gender parity.

We aim to stimulate a conversation about this issue in the Técnico community, simultaneously empowering women students and researchers to realize their full potential👩‍🔬👩‍🚀👩‍🏫.
We welcome absolutely everyone to be part of this conversation!

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In the meantime, if you're curious, you can take a look at our website, and subscribe to our mailing list to stay updated about our activities:
https://mlists.ist.utl.pt/mailman/listinfo/groups.wip.community

Sources:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2004956

* Science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine

The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented? Author summary In most fields of science, medicine, and technology research, men comprise more than half of the workforce, particularly at senior levels. Most previous work has concluded that the gender gap is smaller today than it was in the past, giving the impression that there will soon be equal...