Monday, November 23, 2009

UNESCO report: Moldova has achieved gender parity in terms of the number of researchers

A recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says that "although the number of researchers working in developing countries over the last five years has increased by 50 per cent, women only occupy a very small percentage of these positions in some regions."

Along with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Serbia, Moldova is one of the few countries in Europe that have achieved gender parity in this regard.

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