We're running out of girls

By carmen lacave (Full Professor of the University of the Higher School of Informatics)

When carrying out a study on the gender perspective among Computer Science students enrolled in the ESI[1], and obtaining enrollment figures segregated by sex, we confirm an overwhelming reality: the extremely low number of girls enrolled in our school. Specifically, in the 20/21 academic year, there were 90 girls enrolled (out of a total of 659 students) in the ESI[2], approximately 13%. This percentage coincides with the Spanish average of girls currently enrolled in university studies in Computer Science.[3], according to the “X-ray of the gender gap in STEM training”[4], prepared by the Equality Unit of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training.

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