Are there Challenges for Women in PhD?

According to UNESCO, Just 30% of the world’s researchers are women. According to All Indian Survey on Higher Education 2018-19 statistics around 60-65% girls clear post-gradution,but only 30-35% women get into PhD.
Why is that so?
To answer this and more questions today I am in conversation with Dr. Aishwarya Pawar, PhD Computational Biophysics.

Chapters;
00:00 Introduction
01:12 what is being a woman in research or PhD?
02:57 Are there any difficulties in Research?
09:04 issues being a women in male dominated research environment
13:09 Roles and responsibilities of a family
21:47 Advice to women who want to pursue PhD in future

ResearchGate Link of Speaker:
Dr. Aiswarya Pawar: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...

References:
UNESCO: https://en.unesco.org/news/just-30-wo...
TOI: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/i...
AISHE 2018-19 Stats: https://aishe.gov.in/aishe/viewDocume...


About the Lecturer:
Prof. Sanket Bapat completed his Ph.D. from the premiere CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory and the Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Pune. He worked as a project fellow in Haffkines Institute of Training, Testing and Research, Mumbai where he worked on identifying target proteins in Swine Flu. Along with knowledge of statistical and biochemical techniques, he has also published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals and written a book chapter to his credit. Apart from research, he has a strong background in academic and institutional teaching experience.

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