Brussels, 15/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - According to the latest figures published by Eurostat on "Women, science and technology: Measuring recent progress towards gender equality", the gap is closing between the number of men and women graduating in so-called "hard sciences", especially engineering.
From 1998 to 2001, the number of graduates in engineering and related disciplines rose by 8% to 340,000, but this increase was far greater among women (31%), according to a press release by a...