Browsing by Author "Akoba, Rashida"

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    Female Physicists in Ugandan Universities
    (In AIP Conference Proceedings, 2015) D’ujanga, Florence M.; Ssentongo, Grace Spencer; Ayugi, Gertrude; Akoba, Rashida; Biira, Saphina
    For a long time, only one public university in Uganda had a department of physics. Several women graduated from this department, but not many showed much interest in pursuing higher degrees in physics. Currently, there are five public universities in Uganda with departments of physics, and there has been an increase in the number of female graduates in physics. At the same time, the number of women pursuing higher degrees in physics has increased, and the universities have registered an increase in female physics lecturers.
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    Trends and status of women in physics in Uganda
    (AIP Publishing LLC, 2019) D’ujanga, Florence M.; Biira, Saphina; Akoba, Rashida
    Most women in Uganda with an advanced degree in physics find employment at a university, teaching and conducting research. Very few take jobs in by industry or at government research laboratories. This paper discusses the trends in Uganda in women’s participation in the field of physics and their status. The paper also highlights factors that hinder girls from pursuing the study of physics and describes interventions the government is initiating to alleviate the situation.