Cover Which countries celebrate women's works more? Find out in the list below. (Photo: Jason Goodman/Unsplash)
Which countries celebrate women's works more? Find out in the list below. (Photo: Jason Goodman/Unsplash)
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In the Philippines, there is a place for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) industries, this is proven by a recent data which ranked the country second among nations with most female inventors
Who says women do not have voices in male-dominated industries such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics? Around the globe, the number of females who want their presence to be felt in these pursuits grows. In fact, a recent analysis provided by German database company Statista from the data gathered from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), shows that the share of female inventors for international patents rose to 17 per cent in 2021. This is higher than the number of female applicants in the previous years—16 per cent in 2020, 15 per cent in 2019, 14 per cent in 2018 and 2017, 13 per cent in 2016 and 2015, and only 10 per cent in 2000.
Patent, as explained by WIPO, is an "exclusive right granted for an invention. To get a patent, technical information about the invention must be disclosed to the public in a patent application."
In the same data, it can be seen that the Philippines took one of the highest spots among countries that honour women's creative inputs and inventions.
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Above In the Philippines, women have a say in STEM fields (Photo: ThisisEngineering RAEng/Unsplash)
In the Philippines, women have a say in STEM fields (Photo: ThisisEngineering RAEng/Unsplash)
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According to data journalist Katharina Bucholz, the share of female inventors among applicants for international patents was highest in Cuba and the Philippines in 2021. Cuba's female innovators take 53 per cent of the tech population. The latter's women inventors, on the other hand, take 38 per cent.
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With 34 per cent, Portugal takes rank 3 worldwide, and number one in all European countries. This was followed by Romania which was placed fourth with 28 per cent. Rank 10 belonged to Spain with 26 per cent, while rank 15 was owned by China with 24 per cent.
The poorest performance was given by Japan with only 10 per cent of women inventors. Similarly, low scores were achieved by India, the UAE and Indonesia.
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