This special issue brings selected papers from an international conference which brought a group of approximately 30 Science Technology and Society and Popularization of Science experts from nine South Asian and Southeast Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand), plus the United States. They discussed how best to enhance public awareness about the role of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). These papers show how to develop strategies for increasing the participation of women in STEM, both as STEM professionals and as informed and engaged, lifelong participants in a STEM-rich world.
ArcherL.DawsonE.DeWittJ.SeakinsA.WongB. (2015). Science capital”: A conceptual, methodological, and empirical argument for extending Bourdieusian notions of capital beyond the arts. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 52(7), 922–948. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21227
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AsprayW. (2016). Participation in computing: The national science foundation’s expansionary programs. Springer.
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Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia [AASSA] (2015). Women in science and technology in Asia. Korean Academy of Science and Technology.
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BoumlickH.JaafarR.AlbertsI. (2016). Women in STEM: A civic issue with an interdisciplinary approach. Science Education and Civic Engagement, 8(1), 66–88.
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CampionP.,ShrumW. (2004). Gender and science in developing countries: Women scientists in Ghana, Kenya & India. Science, Technology & Human Values, 37(1), 17–42.
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CannadyM. A.GreenwaldE.HarrisK. N. (2014). Problematizing the STEM pipeline metaphor: Is the STEM pipeline metaphor serving our students and the STEM workforce?Science Education, 98(3), 443–460. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21108
DawsonE. (2014). Equity in informal science education: Developing an access and equity framework for science museums and science centres. Studies in Science Education, 50(2), 209–247. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057267.2014.957558
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DuttaD. (2018). Women’s discourses of leadership in STEM organizations in Singapore: Negotiating sociocultural and organizational norms. Management Communication Quarterly, 32(2), 233–249. https://doi.org/10.1177/0893318917731537
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FanT. S.,LiY. C. (2004). Gender issues and computers: College computer science education in Taiwan. Computers & Education, 44, 285–300.
HolmanL.Stuart-FoxD.HauserC. E. (2018). The gender gap in science: How long until women are equally represented?Plos Biology, 16(4), Article e2004956. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2004956
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LagesenV. A. (2008). A Cyberfeminist utopia? Perceptions of gender and computer science among Malaysian women computer science students and faculty. Science, Technology & Human Values, 33(1), 5–27. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243907306192
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LandivarL. C. (2013). Disparities in STEM employment by sex, race, and hispanic origin. U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey Report.
McCreedyD.,DierkingL. D. (2013). Cascading influences: Long-term impacts of informal STEM experiences for girls. The Franklin Institute.
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MetcalfH. (2010). Stuck in the pipeline: A critical review of STEM workforce literature. UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, 6(2), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.5070/d462000681
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MillerJ. (2011). The culture of science. Routledge.
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MukhopadhyayC. C.,SeymourS. (Eds.). (1994). Women, education and family structure in India. Westview Press.
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National Academies of Science [NAS] (2011). Joint G-8+ science academies’ statement on education for a science-based global development. National Academies of Science.
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NazneenS.,MahmudS. (2012). Gendered politics of securing inclusive development. ESID.
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PearsonW.FrehillL. M.McNeelyC. L (Eds.). (2015). Advancing women in science: International perspectives. Springer.
ScantleburyK. (2014). Gender matters. Building on the past, recognizing the present, and looking toward the future. In LedermanN. G.AbellS. K. (Eds.), Handbook of research on science education (pp. 187–203). Routledge.
UNESCO (2017). Cracking the code: Girls’ and women’s education in STEM. UNESCO.
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VarmaR. (2009). Exposure, training and environment: Women’s participation in computing education in the United States and India. Journal of Women and Minority in Science and Engineering, 15(3), 205–222. https://doi.org/10.1615/jwomenminorscieneng.v15.i3.20
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VarmaR.,KapurD. (2015). Decoding femininity in computer science in India. Communications of ACM, 58(5), 56–62. https://doi.org/10.1145/2663339
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WajcmanJ. (2004). Technofeminism. Polity Press.
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WestD. M. (2011). Technology and the innovation economy. Brookings Institution.
