{"id":9486,"date":"2026-02-09T12:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/?p=9486"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:16:56","slug":"draw-a-scientist-the-importance-of-women-and-girls-in-science-day-for-the-new-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/draw-a-scientist-the-importance-of-women-and-girls-in-science-day-for-the-new-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"“Draw a scientist”: the importance of Women and Girls in Science Day for the Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we asked girls and boys from two fifth-grade classes to draw a scientist. The sample consisted of 22 girls and 17 boys<\/strong>, for a total of 39 participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results show how gender stereotypes influence shape children’s perceptions: most boys drew a male scientist, while only a minority of girls drew female figures. This initiative highlights the importance of promoting positive female scientist role models<\/strong> for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As shown below, most of the drawings depict a male scientist, while only a few portray a female scientist. The aesthetics of the drawings are also thought-provoking. The initiative aims to highlight how gender stereotypes<\/strong> influence children\u2019s imagination and why it is important to promote positive female role models in science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the PDF “Draw a Scientist<\/a>” to see both the results and the children’s drawings. You can also view the full presentation in the gallery below<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credits: Maria Cristina Baglio, Giulia Illiano, Isabella Mariani (on behalf of the DEA@OAB group<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this occasion, we also updated the poster <\/a><\/strong>featuring all the women who work every day at our observatory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the full program of activities from the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Outreach Office using the dynamic map: https:\/\/iauoutreach.org\/astronomy-outreach\/map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we asked girls and boys from two fifth-grade classes to draw a scientist. The sample consisted of 22 girls and 17 boys, for a total of 39 participants. The results show how gender stereotypes influence shape children’s perceptions: most boys drew a male scientist, while only a minority of girls drew female figures. This initiative highlights the importance of promoting positive female scientist role models for future generations. As shown below, most of the drawings depict a male scientist, while only a few portray a female scientist. The aesthetics…<\/p>\n","category_list":"Gender issues<\/a>, News<\/a>, Scientific news<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Maria Rosa Panzera","url":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/author\/maria-rosa-panzera\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9486"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9691,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486\/revisions\/9691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}