Educators

Are you a teacher or educator, looking to help advance girls and young women in STEM? If so, browse through resources and information on how you can assist girls and young women to become the leaders of the future in STEM.

Girls’ and women’s education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

This website contains up-to-date materials about STEM for women and girls from UNESCO.

Resource guide: building girls’ interest in STEM education

This advocacy guide aims to support participants and others interested in engaging women and girls in STEM studies and careers. It provides guidance and links to information and resources that can spark girls’ interest in STEM and raise awareness of the importance of girls’ engagement in today and tomorrow. I

Digitally empowered generation equality: Women, girls and ICT in the context of COVID-19 in selected Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries

This report focuses on women and girls using, studying, and working in digital technology in eight countries. The analysis concluded with country-specific recommendations to develop a set of national initiatives fostering the participation of women and girls in the ICT sector.

Gender Gap in the STEM Fields and Proposed Intervention Programmes

This report showcases research findings on attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of primary and secondary school students, university students and teachers towards STEM.

Do both boys and girls feel safe at school – and does it matter? Academic achievement and feelings of safety: a closer look at gender and grade level differences

The brief reveals that the relationship between feeling safe in school and academic achievement differs between boys and girls and between countries. Educational policymakers are advised to carefully analyse the complex interplay between gender, grade level and national contexts when developing strategies to enhance school safety.

Missing out on half of the world’s potential: Fewer female than male top achievers in mathematics and science want a career in these fields

This brief explores the relationship between students’ gender, confidence and achievement in mathematics and science, and aspirations to pursue careers in these fields.

Female science and mathematics teachers: Better than they think?

This brief uses IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015 to explore the relationship between teachers’ gender and students’ mathematics and science achievement, gender differences in science and mathematics teachers’ self-efficacy and its relation to job satisfaction.

Gender gaps in science are not a given: Evidence on international trends in gender gaps in science over 20 years

The factsheet gender equity in science achievement can be and has already been achieved in several countries. Although there is a persisting trend of overrepresenting male students in the group of high achievers in science, female students are catching up.