International Workshop on "Women and Science / Technology" Network in Asia

Women in Science and Technology
A lesson learned from some Asian Countries

The issues of women and girls in S&T in developing countries have been much emphasized in the lack of participation of women and girls in S&T arenas as well as un-equal access to benefit of S&T between women and men. Results of the study conducted by the National Focal Points of the Regional Secretariat for Gender Equity in S&T (RESGEST) in several countries of the Asia-Pacific region revealed that in general there are gender differences with respect to representation, career development and even the benefit of technology development. The under representation of women in S&T mainly in education, S&T careers and structural decision making and advisory bodies of S&T. There are more boys than girls who take S&T subjects in the higher education. There are more men than women to pursue careers in S&T sectors. There are more men than women in the S&T decision making position. The benefits of development had not always been distributed and shared equally by men and women. Many of the development projects had either ignored women or marginalized them, or the projects itself has resulted negative consequences for women, such as increase the workload, depletion and pollution of water sources, domestic violence and decreased control over resources, etc. However, a result of the scanning activities under the collaboration program of UNESCO and UNDP on gender, science and technology shows that if gender perspectives are included since the beginning of the project formulation, design, and in the implementation stage, the disadvantaged women and girls could benefit greater from the projects. This paper will elaborate the current condition of the participation of women in S&T in some Asian countries, as well as the benefit of S&T for women. The paper also presents several constraints faced by women in S&T arenas and efforts made to promote and facilitate women’s entry in S&T activities. At the regional level, a network on gender and S&T is established to enhance national capability in promoting gender equality and equity in S&T in the region.

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