In countries with higher gender equality, women are less likely to get STEM degrees

Feb 20, 2018

Graduate student Giulia Agliardi, from Milan, Italy, studies cancer cells in the Nanomedicine Lab at UCL's School of Pharmacy in London May 2, 2013. Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A growing number of top drug companies seem to think so. The ability to encapsulate potent drugs in nanoparticles measuring billionths of a metre in diameter is opening up new options for super-accurate drug delivery, increasing precision hits at the site of disease with, hopefully, fewer side effects. Photograph taken on May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS EDUCATION HEALTH SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

A 'gender-equality paradox'. Image: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

Jeff Sossamon

Research News Strategist, University of Missouri

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STEM facts on women and girls Image: Fortune

Number of female STEM graduates and their Global Gender Gap Index (y-axis), a measure of opportunities for women Image: Psychological Science via The Atlantic

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