Swimming against the tide in STEM education and gender equality: a problem of recruitment or retention in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Goy, Siew Ching, Wong, Yut Lin, Low, Wah Yun, Noor, Siti Nurani Mohd, Fazli-Khalaf, Zahra, Onyeneho, Nkechi, Daniel, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini, Azizan, Suzana Ariff, Hasbullah, Maisarah, Uzoigwe, Anthonia Ginika
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); R Medicine; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22000/; https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1277383

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is acknowledged as one of the key drivers of technological innovation. Malaysian women join the educational pipeline as equals to their male counterparts. Nevertheless, women are persistently under-represented in technology and engineering, but...