Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2018
Volume 63, Number 4
Saturday–Tuesday, April 14–17, 2018; Columbus, Ohio
Session X06: Progress and Challenges for Women Physicists in Africa, Asia, and the Middle EastInvited Undergraduate
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Sponsoring Units: FIP Chair: Cherrill Spencer, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Room: B130 |
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 10:45AM - 11:21AM |
X06.00001: Marshak Lectureship: Women in Physics in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries: Progress and Challenges Invited Speaker: Ibiyinka Fuwape The paper gives the status of some African women in Physics. African Women are still underrepresented in Physics. Many African governments have realized the need to harness the contribution of their women population in scientific fields and therefore are putting in place mechanisms to encourage and retain more women in Science. The difficulties encountered by some of the women are enumerated. The progress made by the activities of the Working group of women in physics in some of the African countries and some success stories are highlighted. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:21AM - 11:57AM |
X06.00002: Women Physicists in India and other Asian Countries Invited Speaker: Rohini Godbole I would like to summarise information about the participation by women in Physics, both research and teaching, in India, as well as the various actions that have been undertaken to increase the participation and/or to make it more effective. I would also present information about women in Physics in Asian countries like Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Japan and Thailand. The state of development in Science in these Asian countries is different and so is the economic situation. The commonalities and the differences are both instructive. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:57AM - 12:33PM |
X06.00003: Beller Lectureship: The Status of Women Physicists in Egypt and the Middle East Invited Speaker: Mona Mohsen \textbf{The present report presents a survey of }\textbf{the Status of Women Physicists in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.} \textbf{In Egypt, gender balance over 3years (2013-2016), is found for B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. physics students at Ain Shams, Sohag, Alexandria and Kafr El Sheikh} \textbf{universities. However, Academic staff positions show a gender imbalance at the level of full professor. Women hold only 15{\%} of full professor positions, while they account for 42{\%} of associate professors, 39{\%} of lecturers, 52{\%} of assistant lecturers, and 49{\%} of teaching assistants. } \textbf{In }\textbf{Morocco, the female population in science and Physics has been growing in the last decade.} \textbf{However, the research population is dominated by men and the percentage of women researchers in higher education is declining, }\textbf{Some universities are becoming aware of these inequalities and are trying to to get involved in gender projects and programs such as the SHEMERA}$^{\mathrm{\mathbf{1}}}$\textbf{ project) and the TARGET}$^{\mathrm{\mathbf{2}}}$\textbf{ project. } \textbf{In Tunisia,~ }\textbf{women make up 76{\%} of PhD graduates in life sciences but just 41{\%} in engineering}\textbf{, according to the team led by Professor Sihem Jaziri at the EU's }\textbf{SHEMERA}$^{\mathrm{\mathbf{1}}}$\textbf{ project. Tunisia has more than 55{\%} Women as researchers. The country also struggles with unemployment~:19{\%} of male graduates are unemployed and 41{\%} of female graduates are without a job.} \section{References } \label{sec:references} \begin{enumerate} \item \textbf{Final Report of the }\textbf{SHEMERA project: www. shemera.eu} \item \textbf{Target: Taking a Reflexive Approach to Gender Equality for Institutional Transformation} \end{enumerate} \underline {\textbf{http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/210054\textunderscore en.html}} [Preview Abstract] |
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