% OF WOMEN IN PHYSICS B.S. RECIPIENTS

GREECE GREECE WOMEN IN PHYSICS WOMEN IN PHYSICS

Team: C. Kourkoumelis, Associate Prof., U. of Athens (hkourkou@cc.uoa.gr) E. Pavlidou, Lecturer, U. of Thessaloniki (pavlidou@physics.auth.gr) C. Petridou, Associate Prof., U. of Thessaloniki (petridou@mail.cern.ch) C. Solomonidou, Associate Prof., U. of Thessaly (xsolom@uth.gr)

E. Stavridou, Prof., U. of Thessaly (estavrid@pre.uth.gr) E. Tsoulou, post-doc researcher (ktsoulou@mail.demokritos.gr)

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% OF WOMEN IN UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS

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% OF WOMEN IN PHYSICS Ph.D. RECIPIENTS

% OF WOMEN TEACHERS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION

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% OF WOMEN IN EACH ACADEMIC RANK IN GREEK UNIVERSITIES

TOTAL NUMBER IN EACH RANK

Comments:• A big percentage of women (50%) leave after their first degree to go to high school teaching.• The % of women full professors or directors of research centers is extremely low.• Research funding is one of the lowest in Europe.

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TOTAL HIGH SCHOOLS LYCEUMS TECHNICAL SCHOOLS