Publication: Stepping Up Women’s STEM Careers in Infrastructure: Case Studies
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2020-05-29
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2020-05-29
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The five case studies detailed in this document describe a variety of contexts in which measures are being implemented to attract, recruit, retain, and advance women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) roles in the infrastructure sectors. The area of focus for each of these studies is as follows: recruitment; retention; advancement; attraction, recruitment, retention, and advancement; and recruitment, retention, and advancement: institutionalizing gender equality in project design.
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“Schomer, Inka; Hammond, Alicia. 2020. Stepping Up Women’s STEM Careers in Infrastructure: Case Studies. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/43367 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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