I tried to send this once already, but as far as I can see, since I had configured my laptop's mail system badly (read: not configured it after all after a re-installation), it didn't go anywhere. My apologies if it did go out and this is a repeat. A friend of mine wrote in her web log about women in science:
http://izrailit.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_izrailit_archive.html#110985062409462704 She summarizes the table at http://savotta.helsinki.fi/halvi/tilast02.nsf/5a20fca1969477a2c225648300471356/10d5786030369be7c2256ccb0024b41b?OpenDocument The table is in Finnish, a quick translation: "ko" means "training programme", basically something that results in a degree in a particular topic. "biokemia" = biochemistry (the "n" suffix indicates possessive form) "biologia" = biology "farmaseutti" = apothecary "fysikaalisten tieteiden ko" = programme for physical sciences "geologia" = geology "kemia" = chemistry "kemian, biokemian ja geologian ko ryhmä" = the group of study programmes for chemistry, biochemistry, and geology (I've no idea what that involves) "maantiede" = geology "matematiikka" = mathematics "proviisori" = apothecary again (or close enough) "tietojenkäsittelytiede" = computer science "ympäristöekologia" = environmental ecology "filosofian lisensiaatin opinnot, ml" = people studying for a licensiate's degree in sciences (something between MSc and PhD) "farmasian lisensiaatin opinnot" = people studying pharmacy "filosofian tohtorin opinnot, ml" = people studying for a PhD in sciences "farmasian tohtorin opinnot" = people studying for a PhD in pharmacy "matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen yht" = totals for the math and science department "alempi" = lower degree (BSc, I think) "ylempi" = upper degree (MSc, I think) "Jatko" = post-graduation (licenciate and doctorate) "yht" = total "kaikki" = both sexes "naisia" = women The CS row says there are 2351 people studying for MSc, out of which 457 are women. No statistics exist about people aiming at a BSc (since officially everyone is aiming at MSc), and also nothing about post-graduation students specifically about CS. This might or might not be useful for Hanna or other people who want to use such numbers in debian-women related presentations or other stuff.
