GENDER SUMMIT 6-ASIA PACIFIC 2015

Chea Eliyan Department of Environmental Science

Royal University of Phnom Penh

26-28 August 2015 I The Plaza Hotel I Seoul I South Korea

GENDER DIVERSITY IN STEM: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN THE ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH

PARALLEL SESSION 1: MAINSTREAMING GENDER INTO ASIA-PACIFIC’S RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GOAL FOR

MORE EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES

Presentation Itinerary

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3 About RUPP

4 RUPP academic staff-gender distribution

5 Gender diversity in FoS

1 Basic Education-Students enrollment

2 Basic Education-Teaching staff

6 Gender diversity across departments

Basic Education-Student Enrollment

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Pre-School Primary School

LowerSecondary

Level (Grade7-9)

UpperSecondary

Level (Grade10-12)

Male 81 291 1 041 176 271 642 133 478

Female 82 177 970 999 275 222 128 594

0

500 000

1 000 000

1 500 000

2 000 000

2 500 000

No

. of

Stu

den

ts

Student Enrollment by School Types

Total : 2,984,579 Urban 19%

Rural 81%

67% of the total

Female 49%

Male 51%

18% of the total

9% of the total

Proportion between Male and Female – NOT MUCH DIFFERENT though dropped in number

Basic Education-Teaching Staffs

4

0

5 000

10 000

15 000

20 000

25 000

Pre-School

PrimarySchool

LowerSecondary

Level(Grade 7-

9)

UpperSecondary

Level(Grade 10-

12)

Female 4 646 23 227 11 844 4 053

Male 193 21 065 15 949 8 174

No

. of

Teac

hin

g S

taff

s

Total : 89,151

Female 49%

Male 51%

Urban 26%

Rural 74% Higher % of Female Staffs are working at

lower school

96% Female

52% Female

43% Female

33% Female

About RUPP

• Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) established in January 1960

• It hosts more than 20,000 scholarship and full-free paying students.

• Degrees offer:

• Non Degree Courses

• Undergraduate

• Postgraduate

Main Campus

Campus II

Institute of Foreign Languages Cambodia-Japan Cooperation

Center Cambodia-Korea Cooperation Center

About RUPP

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RUPP

FoS

FSSH

IFL

FE

FDS

FED

RUPP

FoS

FSSH IFL

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Social Science and Humanities

Institute of Foreign Languages

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Development Studies

FoS

IFL

FSSH

FE

FDS

2013

Faculty of EDucation FED

RUPP Academic Staffs – Gender Distribution

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Female 30%

Male 70%

RUPP Staffs by Gender

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%Gender Distribution by Faculties

Female Male

Dominated by Male Staffs = 70%

Total : 485

32%

Combined (FoS + FE) Female Staffs = 5.4% of the total (23 Females)

8%

Office Female Male

Total QTY % QTY %

Dean Office 1 1% 2 2% 3

Biology 7 6% 11 10% 18

Chemistry 8 7% 14 13% 22

Physics 1 1% 9 8% 10

Mathematics 1 1% 20 18% 21

Computer

Science 2 2% 28 25% 30

Environment 3 3% 4 4% 7

Total 23 21% 88 79% 111

Gender diversity in FoS

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Less portion of female in science research and education

Gender Diversity across departments

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Office Female Male

Total QTY % QTY %

Dean Office 1 33% 2 67% 3

Biology 7 39% 11 61% 18

Chemistry 8 36% 14 64% 22

Physics 1 10% 9 90% 10

Mathematics 1 5% 20 95% 21

Computer

Science 2 7% 28 93% 30

Environment 3 43% 4 57% 7

Greatest portion of female led by DES. The lowest are Mathematic and Computer science.

More female proportion in study office workforce

Gender disparity in science research in higher education

Incentive policy should be in place to close the gap

Conclusions

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