WOMEN IN TECH a regular speaker on women ’ s roles in technology . “ There are women who have no ID . Imagine not being able to go to a government office for support to sustain your family , and that you ’ re solely dependent on your husband , your father , or your brother to sustain yourself and your children .”
On the flipside , India has more female graduate engineers than anywhere else in the world . A study by Scientific American found that over
30 % of all engineering and technology students in India are women .
Dowling also cites Saudi Arabia as a country with a very high statistic of women graduates in STEM , despite making frequent headlines for not being allowed to drive a car or interact with men they ’ re not related to . UNESCO puts the proportion in the Gulf States at an impressive 60 %. While these numbers sound exciting to those advocating for
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