Yaki da tasirin COVID-19 akan mata a cikin STEM

Dogarowar rashin wakilci da rashin yarda da mata a kimiyya ya haifar da sa baki a cikin al'ummomin kimiyya na kasa, yanki da na duniya. Amma a sabon rahoto Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Ostiraliya ta yi gargadin cewa za a iya yin asarar muhimman nasarori a daidaiton jinsi sakamakon cutar ta COVID-19.

Rahoton, wanda Gwamnatin Ostiraliya ta dauki nauyinsa, ya nuna tasirin cutar da ke ci gaba da yi wa mata a fannin kimiyya, fasaha, injiniya da lissafi (STEM) a duk fadin yankin Asiya-Pacific. Daukar abubuwan da suka faru na farko daga mutane sama da 1000 a cikin STEM, aikin ya gano cewa mata sun fuskanci ƙalubale masu girma da kuma cikas ga ci gaban sana'a saboda sauye-sauyen salon rayuwa, al'adun wurin aiki, da ƙarin nauyi na gida da kulawa.

Manufofi masu sassauƙa, ingantaccen ci gaba

Wani bincike da aka gudanar a matsayin wani bangare na rahoton ya nuna cewa kusan rabin matan da ke da alhakin kulawa ba su da damar yin aiki mai sassauƙa, manufar da kashi 60% suka ce za ta iya tallafawa yanayin aikinsu. Tare da martani daga kusan mata 900 a cikin ƙasashe 31 na Asiya-Pacific da tattalin arziƙin, binciken ya ba da kyakkyawar shaida cewa COVID-19 ya tsananta matsalolin da mata ke fuskanta a cikin ma'aikatan STEM na yankin.

Musamman ma, rahoton ya gano cutar ta haifar da cikas ga ayyukan aiki, da haɓaka tsare-tsare na tsaro da rashin tsaro, tare da rage damar yin bincike da wuraren aiki saboda shirye-shiryen kulle-kulle. Abin damuwa, waɗannan sababbin yanayi sun yi tasiri mai mahimmanci akan jin daɗin mutum, tare da 50% na masu amsa binciken suna ba da rahoton mummunan tasirin lafiyar kwakwalwa dangane da aiki ko rayuwar gida.

Shugaban Kwamitin Gudanarwa na rahoton kuma memba na Kwamitin ISC na 'Yanci da Alhaki a Kimiyya, Farfesa Cheryl Praeger, ya ce rahoton ya yi kira ga kungiyoyin da ke da alaka da STEM a duk fadin Asiya da tekun Pasific da su sanya al'adun wuraren aiki masu sassaucin ra'ayi da kuma ma'auni masu sassaucin ra'ayi na yawan aiki, musamman ma dangane da bayanan bugawa.

"Sassan daban-daban na yankin Asiya-Pacific suna da damar daban-daban don amsa waɗannan mummunan tasirin. Haɗin gwiwar yanki, tare da wuraren aiki masu tallafi da al'ummomi, na iya rage tasirin cutar ta jinsi akan ma'aikatan STEM.

"An ba da mafita a cikin rahoton ga dukkan sassan STEM, musamman ma buƙatar sassauci a wuraren aiki don kowane jinsi, da sassauci a aikace-aikacen kyauta da bayarwa," in ji Emeritus Farfesa Praeger.

Zuwa daidaiton jinsi a kimiyyar duniya

Duk da karuwar godiyar rashin daidaiton jinsi da ke fuskantar al'ummomin STEM, ci gaban ingantaccen shisshigi ya kasance batun muhawara mai mahimmanci. Don wannan, ISC tana ba da kuɗi ayyuka biyu wanda ke nufin haɓaka daidaiton jinsi a cikin kimiyyar duniya ta hanyar ingantaccen rabawa da amfani da shaida don ingantattun manufofi da shirye-shirye.

Na farko daga cikin wadannan ayyuka, da ake kira da Gender Gap a Kimiyya, kungiyar lissafi ta lissafi ta duniya da kasa da kasa ta tsarkakakke da amfani da shi (IUPAC), tare da bayanai daga wasu ƙungiyoyi da kungiyoyi tara a duniya. Tawagar aikin ta yi wani bincike na duniya kan masana kimiyya, sun binciki tasirin jinsi a cikin wallafe-wallafen kimiyya, tare da tattara bayanan mafi kyawun ayyuka don tallafawa 'yan mata da mata a cikin ayyukan STEM. An buga rahoton aikin akan Ranar Duniya na Mata da 'Yan Mata a Kimiyyar Kimiyya a 2019 tare da gabatar da shawarwari da dama ga masu ruwa da tsaki.

Aiki na biyu shi ne wani bincike na duniya kan shigar da mata da kuma shigar da su cikin makarantun kimiyya da kungiyoyin, karkashin jagorancin GenderInSITE. An tsara wannan binciken ne don tattara kididdiga kan daidaiton jinsi da kuma tantance wanzuwar manufofi da tsare-tsare da nufin tabbatar da cikakkiyar shigar mata. Za a buga sakamakon binciken, da sabbin shawarwari bisa sakamakon binciken, nan gaba a wannan shekara.

Sabon rahoton daga Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Australiya yana ba da kyakkyawar fahimta game da tasirin COVID-19 mai yawa akan rashin daidaiton da ake da shi kuma yana nuna rawar da tsarin kimiyya zai iya takawa wajen yaƙar waɗannan tasirin. Dole ne aikin ya kasance don yin aiki don gano matakai da ayyuka waɗanda ke kawar da matsayi da ka'idoji na jinsi marasa daidaito, magance matsalolin ikon da ba su dace ba, da inganta matsayin mata a kimiyya, ta hanyoyin da suka wuce fahimtar juna don neman aiki mai tasiri, mai canza canji.

Mai ba da shawara na musamman na CFRS Frances Vaughan ne ya rubuta shafin. Gwamnatin New Zealand ta goyi bayan CFRS tun daga 2016. An sabunta wannan tallafin da karimci a cikin 2019, tare da Ma'aikatar Kasuwanci, Innovation da Aiki, tallafawa CFRS ta hanyar CFRS Special Advisor Frances Vaughan, tushen a Royal Society Te Apārangi

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