Natural science in Belarus: Part 1 - Status of women physicists

Abstract

The status of women physicists and their progress in the last three years is considered in this paper. Statistics indicate that although more women are studying for PhD and D.Sc. degrees and they account for more than 50% of researchers in the natural sciences, the number of women physicists occupying leadership roles in science and scientific management is negligibly small. Some reasons for the evident underrepresentation of women in the decision-making structures are analyzed.