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Bringing the Missing Women Back: CS Education for Women in India’s Engineering Institutions.
- Source :
- Communications of the ACM; Nov2022, Vol. 65 Issue 11, p65-67, 3p, 1 Color Photograph
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The article discusses the gender inequality between men and women students at engineering institutions in India, including at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). An overview of the gender inequality that women engineering students face in employability at information technology (IT) firms is provided. IIT's use of the supernumerary system, as an affirmative action mechanism, to enroll a certain number of female engineering students is discussed.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00010782
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Communications of the ACM
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 159802821
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3550490