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Dearth of Women Scientists? No Just a System That Favours Men

• dozzie 11y ago
  > Among the African academies that participated in the survey, the mean proportion of women members was even lower — ten per cent. However, the tally varied widely between individual academies. > The ASSAf’s 24 per cent makes it one of the most women-friendly academies in the world, but at four per cent women, Tanzania’s Academy of Sciences shares the last place globally with Poland. Yet from reading the map included in the article, Poland has 30.1%-45% women among researchers. Something is very off, which doesn't give the article much credibility.