Share omen in STEM fields is lower than their potential

Only 20-25 percent of employees in technological fields are women, even though ability-wise they are on an even plain with men, an article in Puls Biznesu declared. The article notes the proportion of women in high-value and managerial positions has grown by 6 percent in the last five years, but it also adds that this still amounts to an unsatisfactory total. The main barriers to increasing this figure is firstly a lack of women entering the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) field of education, and conventional stereotypes. Dr. Bianka Siwińśka from the educational organization Perspektywa notes that while only 12 percent of undergraduate engineers are women, 44 percent of them receive scholarships, busting the myth that women do not have the competence to study in STEM fields. The article concludes by recommending the implementation of programs encouraging both boys and girls to study in STEM fields, in order to improve the situation.