are women less in number in the field of science technology and environment
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Throughout Europe, increasing numbers of women are gaining and using academic qualifications and working in occupations which, for a long time, were a male preserve. However, while this demonstrates that the gender-orientation of research and occupations can change, the positions occupied by women within them still tend to be more junior than those of men. What is more, male hegemony persists, at all levels, especially in mathematics and physics, and in pure research and in the field of industrial applications. The fact that women are kept away from knowledge and occupations which play a key role in modern society, such as those related to science and technology, is unfair and harmful both for women and for society as a whole which deprives itself of their skills. The Committee on Science and Technology proposes three main sets of recommendations to rectify this situation: firstly, to improve our information on the place women occupy in science and technology; secondly, to improve girls’ access to scientific and technological studies and careers and thirdly, to achieve greater equality in the relations between men and women throughout society.