title: Why Are Women Underrepresented in STEM Fields?
abstract: Women are still underrepresented in the so-called “hard” fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). In this Guest Editorial, H. Nimmesgern, Chairwoman of the Arbeitskreis Chancengleichheit in der Chemie (AKCC), a working group of the German Chemical Society (GDCh), describes the challenges women in science face and organizations that have been set up to help them in their research careers.
authors.affiliation: Fasanenweg 6, 64546, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany. hildegard-nimmesgern@t-online.de.
authors.forename: Hildegard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nimmesgern