Effect of culture on women physicists’ career choice: A comparison of Muslim majority countries and the West

Women continue to be underrepresented in physics in the United States. This is while many Muslim majority (MM) countries have a high representation of women in undergraduate and graduate physics programs. While there is a growing awareness of this trend, little is being done to understand why and ho...

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Main Authors: Saeed Moshfeghyeganeh, Zahra Hazari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-03-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.010114