Less than 1 in 3 professionals are women.

Women are few and far between in Singapore’s science and technology professions, according to data released by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD).

Only 29.57 percent of professionals in this field are women, way behind other countries such as Finland (32.25 percent) and Norway (36.2 percent).

“Quality education and other opportunities is a sustainable way of providing women and girls a hand up, rather than a hand out, especially when it comes to typically male-dominated areas such as S.T.E.M.,” said Trina Liang-Lin, President of the Singapore Committee for UN Women.

Here’s more from the Singapore Committee for UN Women: