The monitor is a national data resource on women’s and girls’ participation in STEM. It captures the state of STEM gender equity in Australia and measures changes and trends.
You can use the interactive data to explore girls’ and women’s participation in STEM through school, higher education graduation and the workforce.
Women and girls are doing amazing things in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But the roads they’ve travelled and their stories aren’t always visible. And it can be hard to see at what point women and girls’ representation drops off.
The STEM Equity Monitor is a national data resource on girls and women, and other underrepresented groups in STEM, that sheds light on these issues.
It follows participation in STEM from primary and high school, higher education, graduation, through to the workforce and into leadership.
The monitor presents all of these stories through interactive data, which allows you to explore your area of interest, browse across different stages of the STEM pathway and tailor data to suit your needs. It even has case studies sharing peoples’ experiences in school and in their STEM field or career.
Check it out and explore this enormous data resource. Find out more about the STEM Equity Monitor at industry.gov.au/STEMEquityMonitor.
This year’s monitor includes the latest data for many of our equity measures plus case studies sharing the real-life experiences of women, girls and non-binary people in STEM. You can also find:
The 2024 monitor shows small improvements across some indicators, while others remain the same. Improvements over the past few years include:
There is still more to do before Australian girls and women have an equal opportunity to learn, work and engage in STEM:
The monitor continues to highlight the ongoing need to improve equity in STEM education and careers.
The Australian Government will release a response to the Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review when completed. It will include actions to address barriers which prevent people from historically underrepresented cohorts in STEM from pursuing careers and education in STEM.
