Launch of Facing the facts booklet, 2009
A booklet, Facing the facts 2009 was launched by the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor on Tuesday 25 August 2009 in Parliament. The updated booklet is an important contribution to the Department of Science and Technology’s efforts to mainstream women in the SET sector.
The updated Facing the Facts is based on a study commissioned by the Science, Engineering and Technology for Women (SET4W) committee, one of the sub-committees of the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) established to advise the Ministry of Science and Technology on how to achieve gender equity in the sector.
The study shows some progress in the numbers of women participating in the country’s Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) sectors between 2000 and 2005. It follows on a similar study done in 2004, and provides key highlights of the trends regarding the numbers of women participating in the SET sectors.
The study was developed from the 2008Â Monitoring and Evaluation Framework intended to benchmark the participation of women in SET within the National System of Innovation (NSI). It was populated for the first time in 2008 with the available data from 2000 to 2005.
Though suggesting some marked improvements, Facing the Facts 2009 also documents challenges within various areas of SET during the past half decade as improvements were clearly evident at lower levels.
For a copy of this publication and more detailed information, please contact:
Ms Rudzani Maila
- Tel: +27 (0)12 844 0956
- Rudzani.maila@dst.gov.za
download the booklet here
