Women’s role in STEM and Space industry

    Nowadays, almost only women living in developed countries can get the profession they want. But now the jobs available to women living in developing or underdeveloped countries are limited. I want to study aerospace engineering, and I am currently studying hard and working hard. Because many people in my country believe that there is no place for girls and women in the space industry. But I want to prove it wrong and after studying at the University of Bologna in Italy. I want to get a job and start a free education center for space-obsessed girls living in my country. And now I am going to talk about women role in space industry and STEM.

     However, the place and status of women in the fields of natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, technology, industry and construction is much lower not only in Uzbekistan but also in the whole world. Therefore, in the history of the Nobel Prize, the number of women who received this prize in the field of science is 3%. Women should realize that there is a suitable place for them in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and they have the right to participate in the processes of scientific development. However, for the time being, male dominance in the field of science is common throughout the world, especially in industrialized countries. In particular, 23.2% of technical university graduates in Australia, 19.7% in Canada, 26.1% in France, 14% in Japan, 20.1% in the Republic of Korea, and 20.4% in the USA are women.

   According to the new report of UNESCO on science, women make up 25% of graduates of technical faculties and 40% of graduates of faculties of computer and informatics in the world. Although women work in technology-related fields, they face serious barriers to moving up the career ladder. For example, someone takes leave because they are pregnant, and someone else suffers from unfair treatment by management.

   Engineering is the most male-dominated fields in STEM. It may perhaps be most male-dominated profession in the USA, with women making up only 13% of the engineering workforce. For decades, to attract mlre women to the field, engineering educators have focused on curriculum reform. While these efforts have brought in more women to study engineering, the problem is that many quit during and after school. Focusing solely on education does not address the fact that women tend to leave the profession  at a higher rate than men. Women make up 20% of engineering graduates, but it is been estimated that nearly 40% of women who earn engineering degrees either quit or never enter the profession. Clearly, some elementary and high school reforms are working, but those at the college level are not. So, why do women who study engineering leave to pursue careers i other fields? Professors explored how the culture within engineering tha shared values, beliefs, and norms might contribute to the under-representation of women in the profession. Women and men had similar reasons for enrolling in engineering. They describe being good at math and science in high school and wanting interesting, well-paid professional opportunies in the future. However, women, more than men, add that they want to become socially responsible engineers, working to solve major problems and making a difference in people’s live — which is consistent with other research showing that women are significantly more likely than their male counterparts to be interested in engineering work that is “socially concious”. Each profession introduce students to its distinct culture, skills, language, practices, and values.  Further, many women discover in their internships that be engineering proffesion is not as open to being socially responsiple or dedicated to tackling pressing national and global problems as they had hoped. This is a result of the assignments they are given, the values that are supported, and the mesagges  that are communicated to them. The number of women and men are nearly equal in law, medicine, and the number of women in basic sciences is growing annually. With such a low proportion of female engineers nationally, educators amd businesses need to pay more attentionto how an occupation founded on a commitment to complex problem solving so consistenly fails to repair its well-documented gender problem. Efforts focused only changing the curriculum are insufficient because they simple reproduce the norms and practices of the profession.

   You could be forgiven for assuming that the space industry is almost entirely male dominated because in the very early days of space expoloration, that was mostly true. However, as early as 1963, Russian cosmonaunt Valentina Tereshkova became the first  of many women in space as part of the Vostok 6 mission. Exactly two decades later, in 1983, Sally Ride flew aboard the Space Shuttle STS-7, becoming the first American female in space. In fact, women have been very active in space missions since the turn of the century with a tatal of 65 women having flown in space. Women’s contribution to space exploration extends far beyond female astronaunts, with female engineers and scientist playing crucial ground-based roles throughout the history of space technology. Women have flown and worken in outer space since almost the beginning of human spaceflight. A considerable number of women from a range of countries have worked in space, though overall women are still significantly less often chosen to go to space than men and by June, 2020 constitute only 12% of all astronauts who have been to space. Yet, the proportion of women among space travelers in increasing substantially over time. But Women face many of the same physical and psychological difficulties of spaceflight as men. Scientific studies generally show no particular adverse effect from short space missions. It has even suggested by some that women might be better suited for longer space missions. Studies have continually indicated that the main obstacle for women to go to space remains gender discrimination.

    More and more women from STEM backgrounds are choosing to pursue a career in space technology and this is a very promising trend. However, more work is needed before there is true gender equality in this field. Female engineers and scientist have been at the forefront of space technology since its inception, and it is hoped that their achievements will inspire future generations of women to follow their footsteps.

          Full name: Murodova Mohinur Ilhom kizi

            School: 5th school of Fergana city

             Email: MurodovaMohinur@mail.ru

My success

It's interesting... Someone causes every person to rise, grow, find her place in society. I also have such people in my life. These are not one, but four people. 

The first: my favorite mother tongue and literature teacher, Sadiqova Hayotkhan. She gave me her knowledge from the 5th grade to the 11th grade. She shared their knowledge with me in every way, . In a word: she was my ideal woman. I looked up to her, because she was very smart and handsome for her age. It was only in the 11th grade that I really hurt my teacher. Even then, I apologized, only superficially. I sincerely apologize right now. If you are reading this article, please forgive me, my dear teacher. 

The second is Jonuzakova Dilbarkhan, a history teacher. My teacher is so enthusiastic, proud, speaks the right words, has a fire in her heart that passes the lesson with all her heart, to be honest, there are few such teachers nowadays. There were also a few in our school. I thank my teacher for the advice she gave me, the sometimes bitter truths she told me. My dear teacher, stay healthy, I love you. 

The third is Kakilova O'ghiloy. My most honored, favorite, incomparable in beauty, English teacher. I was not very interested in English. Thanks to this teacher, I fell in love with English. Every word my teacher said was a law for me. She used to explain the lessons in such a simple and clear way that she would never forget those lessons for the rest of her life. I even had my teacher's lessons in my dreams. 

My dear teacher, who is unmatched in both beauty and intellect, the whole district and province. I had got my teacher such as clever and picturesque. I love her very much. I respect my teacher. I want her to be proud of me in the future. Teacher trust me. 

Finally, the fourth person. I can't say much about this person. Because the person who made me interested in studying and life in general and taught me to set goals and go towards them is my aunt: Isaqova Sevara. I can't thank you enough.

To tell the truth, My aunt thinks about my future more than my parents. She wants me to be smart, a millionaire and a master of my profession in the future. It helps me in many ways, both culture and spiritually. I am proud to have such wonderful and unique people in my life. My life is beautiful with these people. Thank you all for all this my dears...


I'm Nozima Gofurova. I was born in Andizhan on June 6, 2004. I am a reporter contributing to the international UNICEF paper. 

This month’s submissions focus on Roots and Wings. Roots, in the sense of what grounds us, and Wings, in the sense of what liberates or inspires us to fly.

S.C. Flynn writes of memory and love and the places where we find sanctuary. Zara Miller‘s main character remembers her grandfather’s garden and her Eastern European heritage and connection to the land.

Philip Chijoke Abonyi brings a sense of tenderness for the human condition to his description of love and fear.

Azemina Krehic’s speaker loses herself in grief, forever burying herself with the past. Emina Delilovic-Kevric reflects on autumn as a beautiful season that is also a time of natural loss and decay.

Channie Greenberg’s alpine vista photographs include scenes of places where she spent time with her grandparents.

Irma Kurti poetically expresses her grief over losing her father. Ergasheva Mukhlisa reminds us of the critical importance of good parenting and Mekhrangiz Kibriyeva reflects on the love we receive from our parents.

Wazed Abdullah honors his two older sisters for their love and friendship.

Mahbub Alam meditates on his evergreen love that perseveres through life’s uncertain circumstances.

Adiba Pardaboyeva praises poet Muhammad Yusuf, a literary icon in her native Uzbekistan, while Valijonova Bakhtiyar celebrates the writing of Abdullah Qadiri. Z.I. Mahmud analyzes the themes of Oliver Goldsmith’s novel The Vicar of Wakefield, about a man of faith who maintains his gentleness and virtue throughout various trials.

Ziyoda Khikmatillaeva describes the many benefits of music appreciation as part of young children’s education and Jack Galmitz relates how someone used music to share hope during wartime.

Noah Berlatsky interprets various old books on a shelf through surreal poetry, while Simon Christiansen sends up a luminous tale of intrepid learning and curiosity. Graciela Noemi Villaverde radiates her joy on the physical and spiritual mysteries of life. Don Bormon nods to the power of imagination to grant access to the world of birds.

Tim Frank probes our personal and societal subconscious, littered with fragments of dreams and current events while Daniel De Culla’s photographs depict small Spanish towns with earthy realism.

Wolfgang Wright crafts a tale of a country childhood with sinister undertones beneath the seemingly normal family vibe.

George Gad Economou illuminates the attraction and repulsion writers feel towards alcoholism, which, like any addiction, can “ground” us in a negative sense. In a similar vein, Chimezie Ihekuna’s story explores how infatuation and obsession with intimate relationships can also wreck our lives, with a tale of a couple rushing into marriage to mask the pain of past trauma.

Czarina Datiles explores the contours of hopefully healthier young love in her gentle and wistful poetry, while John Culp elucidates an elemental romance between water and air.

Chuck Taylor contrasts the illusory love crafted nightly in a strip club with the authentic connection with his elderly mother in a residential motel.

J.J. Campbell’s pieces discuss the role of luck and expectations in our lives. Kim Farleigh explores the knife-edge tension of travel in a war zone while Susie Gharib’s pieces simply ask for a bit more kindness in our world. Maja Milojkovic advocates spiritual detachment, humility, wisdom, and compassion towards all the world’s creatures.

Christopher Bernard claims that an unbalanced exaltation of personal liberty above all other social values underlies both neoliberalism and progressivism and paradoxically leads to increasing restrictions on freedom, extreme inequalities of wealth and power, and a sense of loss of control by voters and citizens over the political order as a whole.

David Kopaska-Merkel finds himself talking to his refrigerator in a world permeated by technology. Bill Tope finds love in a surrealist space world where everything is backwards, while Jim Meirose’s even more surreal take on office life blurs the boundaries between sound and meaning. Mark Young presents sentences finished with elegant grammar and unusual offbeat meaning, while Nathan Anderson dispenses with grammar altogether and invents his own syntax for a visual and aural orchestration.

Mykyta Ryzhykh scatters thoughts into the fragments left after the massive destruction of war. Grant Guy evokes the early days of PC communication with his concrete poems.

Diyora Umarkulova reflects on her experiences learning spoken and written English as a second language, while Rosiyeva Banoxon shares her hopes and dreams for her life. Makhfiratkhon Abdurakhmonova celebrates girls and encourages people to value them and their dreams.

Frank Modica writes of various kinds of journeys: literal travel on bikes and airplanes and metaphorical navigate of memory, life, and death. Sterling Warner’s poems enjoin you in movement: pirouettes with seagulls and wagon rides with children and the slow drift of fog.

Fizza Abbas writes of language learning, cinema, and childhood school memories with awe and exuberance. Elmaya Jabbarova waxes poetic about youth: energy, creativity and love while Mesfakus Salahin’s speaker hopes for a happy reunion in the future.

Finally, Sayani Mukherjee celebrates the varied colors and sights of summer. 

Likes Just Likes  

I like just counting the words of your letter. 
I like to hear one thing again and again 'I love you and only you, my dear. 
Forgive me for delaying my return home for a few days'. 

You hide your love story in every letter. Why is it easy to run out of letters because the time is short? 

You will write letters to me with all the water in the sea. The day that I do not cut does not cut and cut. 

I haven't let you know how much I love you. I like just counting the words of your letter. I like to hear one thing again and again. 

What is the scent that fills the soul with the passion of love? One day you will come as a hero at the end of the liberation war. 

Maybe I won't be there that day, there will be love. The hope is that the country will be independent one day. 

I don't want to accept your love before the country 

I like just counting the words of your letter I like to hear one thing again and again 'I love you and only you my love."

Forgive me for delaying my visit.

My Green Love

My eyes out on the green grass 
Watch it and like to get lost
I watch my green love
Never exhausted, never fades
The shinny dews on the petals
The charmed forehead turns with a magnetic smile
Charged with the full current
Back to home with an image 
To stay on for limitless count of time
My eyes out on the grass-the lovely green.
 
Chapainawabganj,  Bangladesh
28 June, 2023


Sacrificing Love

Love, not always brings near to
Sometimes it gives adieu
Sometimes it cries us
Sometimes it breaks the heart
But what if it is experimental!
Love sometimes bound to cross the river and fire
Sometimes bound to cut the throats of the loving dears
Painful but sparks the hidden torch of modesty
Embracing the invisible to the reality of historic proof.

Chapainawabganj,  Bangladesh
29 June, 2023

Love of Elder Sister 
(This poem is dedicated to my two sisters Urmi and Nimmi)

In every step, a guiding light, she stands, 
An elder sister's love, forever grand. 
With gentle words and nurturing embrace, 
She shields my heart with tender grace. 
Her wisdom, like a light in the night, Guides my path, makes it bright. 
Through life's challenges, hand in hand we tread,
A bond of love, unbreakable, unwavering, and widespread.

Wazed Abdullah is a student of grade 8 in Harimohan Government High School, Chapainawabganj,Bangladesh.

A Bird

One day I was playing in a field.
I saw that, a bird was flying.
I said the bird, “Hey bird,
I want to fly with you.”
Then it said to me,
“You can’t fly with me.
Because you have not wings like me.”
Then I said to it,
“Who told you that, I have not wings?”
Then I make wings in my mind,
And fly with the bird in the wind.

Don Bormon is a student of grade 8 in Harimohan Government High School, Chapainawabganj,
Bangladesh.