Women in physics in Ghana: Our story

Aba Bentil Andam; Paulina Amponsah; Irene Nsiah-Akoto; Christiana Odumah Hood; Savannah Nyarko

doi:10.1063/1.5110092

Abstract

The status of women physicists in academia and industry has improved over the last decade in Ghana but not without challenges. It will take some time before women are well represented, especially at the professorial level. Organizations such as the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) and the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) are striving hard to minimize professional gaps between women and men. The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, through its efforts to encourage women in physics and science in general has elected its second woman in 58 years as president, and GAEC is also encouraging and appointing women to managerial positions.

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Career Development and Diversity

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