“…While female students are in the majority in countries like Mauritius, Lesotho, Tunisia and South Africa, they are concentrated in the arts and social sciences disciplines (Teferra and Altbach, 2004;Vincent-Lancrin;, FAWE, 2010, with very low participation in STEM disciplines. This appears to be a global phenomenon, although the level of disparity differs across countries (Bunyi, 2003, FAWE, 2010UNESCO, 2012;Tusiime et al, 2017). Worldwide, female students are underrepresented in computer science and engineering (Tusiime et al, 2017;Cheryan, Master and Meltzoff, 2018).…”