Less than 30% of the world’s researchers are women (UNESCO Institute for statistics (UIS)), Less than 20% in Engineering, this is even less in Aerospace Engineering.

Dynamics that shape women who pursue Aviation and space industry;

• Education pathways
• Social factors
• Work environment

Studies have found that women in (STEM) related fields

• Publish less
• Are paid less for their research
• Do not progress as far as men in their careers.

Professor F.Karanja alluded that there is need for disaggregated data at the international or even national level to show the extent of these disparities.

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