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Despite global efforts to inspire and engage women and girls in science, women and girls in many countries remain excluded, held back by gender biases, social norms, and expectations, which influence the quality of female education as well as career options.
Gender inequalities not only exist in the real world, but also in film and television.
A study published by the Geena Davis Institute on female characters in popular films from around the world illustrates how gender stereotypes are reinforced by movie characterizations.
In movies screened in 11 countries, nearly 90 per cent of actors seen in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) roles were male.
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