Women and girls in science are significant agents of change, yet they remain underrepresented, underfunded, and undervalued in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
Today, only one in three scientists is a woman. According to the UN, despite making up a third of researchers globally, women receive significantly smaller research grants than their male counterparts. In national science academies, the numbers are even starker—only 12 percent of members are women.
