International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Today marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Congratulations to all colleagues of women scientists, as well as students of Kharkiv
National University of Radio Electronics on this holiday!
Every year on February 11, the United Nations celebrates the International Day of
Women and Girls in Science.

The holiday "is founded to achieve full and equal access for women and girls to science,
as well as to ensure gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls," the UN General
Assembly resolution of 22 December 2015 said.
On 20 December 2013, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution “Science,
Technology and Innovation for Development”, which recognized equal access for women and
girls of all ages to the achievements and development of science, technology and innovation as a
guarantee of gender equality in this area.
Two years later, a resolution (70/212) was adopted at the regular plenary session of the
General Assembly, which declared 11 February the International Day of Women and Girls in
Science.
The main goal of the resolution is to achieve qualitative changes in the process of
attracting women and girls to science. The world community has recently made significant
progress in this regard, but for some reason women and girls still face limitations in this activity.
The percentage of women involved in R&D (research and development) in each region of
the world is still low. On average, this figure is 40% in Central and Eastern Europe. Only one in
five countries has achieved gender parity, with 45% to 55% of researchers being women.
In Ukraine, the statistics are quite good: 46% of women scientists. Ukrainians have
proven themselves well in molecular biophysics, psychology, nanomaterials and computer
engineering, including abroad.