Women in Science

According to UNESCO Science Report towards 2030, Sri lanka with 41% ranks highest in terms of women representation in Science followed by Pakistan with 36% and India with 15%.

Women Standing across South Asia

Source: UNESCO Science Report towards 2030, 2015)

   

According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Report, March 2017, the discipline-wise breakdown of female researchers in Pakistan suggests that highest percentage of female researchers are engaged in medical and health sciences with 48.31%, followed by humanities and arts with 45.5% and natural sciences with 42.7%.

 

Discipline-wise Breakdown of Female Researchers in Pakistan

 Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics Report, March 2017

   

The highest number of female PhD scholars are enrolled in natural sciences followed by social sciences

Number of female PhD and MPhil students currently enrolled in Pakistani HEIs

The Figure below shows the number of female and male scientists awarded RPA by PCST from 2004-05 to 2017-18.  The highest number of females were awarded RPA in year 2012-13

Number of female and males scientists/ engineers, awarded RPA from 2004-05 to 2017-18 Source: Pakistan Council for Science and Technology

 

The Table below shows the discipline-wise award of RPA to female scientists/engineers from 2004-05 to 2017-18. According to the data from PCST it is evident that the highest number of female scientists awarded with RPA belong to Biological Sciences and Chemistry

Year

Agri

Bio

Chem

Earth Sci

Eng

Math

Pharm

Phys

Comp

Stat

Health

Envi. Sci.

2004-05

2

13

20

0

0

0

1

4

0

0

0

0

2005-06

0

12

21

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

1

0

2006-07

0

11

19

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

1

0

2007-08

0

10

18

0

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

0

2008-09

1

9

20

0

0

1

1

4

0

0

1

0

2009-10

3

18

28

0

1

1

4

7

0

0

0

0

2010-11

0

18

33

1

1

2

2

5

1

0

0

1

2011-12

3

44

59

0

0

6

3

10

0

0

0

2

2012-13

11

64

68

0

0

8

3

12

0

0

3

4

2013-14

0

22

15

0

0

3

0

3

0

0

2

1

2014-15

0

19

18

0

0

2

1

1

0

0

0

2

2015-16

0

16

13

0

0

5

2

3

0

0

0

2

2016-17

1

15

11

0

0

4

1

3

0

0

0

1

2017-18

0

17

6

0

1

1

1

2

0

0

2

2

Discipline-wise Award of RPA to Female Scientists/ Engineers from 2004-05 to 2017-18
Source: Pakistan Council for Science and Technology

 

The graph below shows the cumulative impact factor and citations of male and female scientists registered for RPA during 2014, 2015 and 2016

Cumulative Impact Factor and Citations of scientists registered for RPA

  A comparison of age-wise award of RPA to female scientists during the last 7 years is provided in Figure below

Average age wise Award of RPA to female scientists/engineers in last 7 years

The Figure below provides a comparative overview of the patents granted to male and female researchers during 2006-2015. The highest number of patents granted to female researchers was during 2011

Patents granted to female researchers in comparison to men during the period 2006-2015