Every part of society has role to play in removing the limitations of gender stereotypes on our children’s potential. Education practitioners, parents, and companies all need to pull together, and this report sets out positive steps that can support this to happen.

This report seeks to outline the evidence on where equity and inequity exists in the science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) workforce. While there have been many reports and inquiries into equity and equality in the wider workforce, or around specific characteristics such as ethnicity, gender and disability in the STEM workforce, there have previously not been the resources available for an intersectional, sector-wide study.

The aim of this systematic literature review is to identify effective interventions that address key barriers and build critical assets and skills that females need to learn, apply, and thrive in the STEM subject areas.

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This report shows that nine out of 10 women have experienced barriers to their STEM-career, with over a quarter (26%) experiencing more barriers than enablers.

This report studies the evolution of gender diversity in various disciplines, countries and institutions, finding that while the share of female co-authors in AI papers is increasing, it has stagnated in disciplines related to computer science. It also finds that geography plays an important role in determining the share of female authors in AI papers and that there is a severe gender gap in the top research institutions.

It is the contention of this research paper that the total entry numbers of females into computing-related subjects in NI at GCSE and A Level is much lower than that of males and, importantly, that the primary causes of this differential stem from cultural stereotyping.

This report argues that by 2030, 33% of young people moving into STEM careers in NI should be girls and that government must aim to establish Northern Ireland as an exemplar STEM region.