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STEM Fields and Ethnic Women in New Zealand: Issues of Sexism and Racism

STEM Fields and Ethnic Women in New Zealand: Issues of Sexism and Racism

Charles Mpofu
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781522575108|ISBN10: 1522575103|EISBN13: 9781522575115
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch039
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Mpofu, Charles. "STEM Fields and Ethnic Women in New Zealand: Issues of Sexism and Racism." Gender Economics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 789-815. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch039

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Mpofu, C. (2019). STEM Fields and Ethnic Women in New Zealand: Issues of Sexism and Racism. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Gender Economics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 789-815). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch039

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Mpofu, Charles. "STEM Fields and Ethnic Women in New Zealand: Issues of Sexism and Racism." In Gender Economics: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 789-815. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7510-8.ch039

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Abstract

A critical race theory was used to analyse policies and strategies in place to enable the participation of New Zealand ethnic women of Latin-American, Middle Eastern, and African (MELAA) origin in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields (STEM) in education and industry. The aim was to find out what policy – and other – levers are available for better participation in the STEM fields by the ethnic women's population. The process involved an analysis of publicly available official documents on STEM strategies at national and regional levels. The main findings were that gender issues are expressed in a generic way, either across all ethnic groups, or across the four ethnic groups where the MELAA stands not clearly identifiable in the classifications. Recommendations include the need to develop policies and strategies that account for race and gender equity as part of an agenda to eliminate marginalization of this group.

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