Datasets showing disparities in faculty ranks among Earth Sciences departments in Africa

Like in other Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines, gender disparity is prevalent in the Earth Sciences, and it is not limited to senior and advanced faculty ranks along. The database presented here was mined and created to evaluate faculty compositions of 143 Earth Science departments in 39 countries across Africa. The data were collected from verifiable online resources such as ResearchGate, google scholar, academia.edu, faculty website and pages between July 1 to November 30, 2020. Parameters focused on include the ranks, the gender ratio within each department, and the gender per capita. Our data revealed that female faculty members are predominantly under-represented in virtually all the departments documented and are markedly uncommon in senior positions such as Professors and Senior Researchers. Female faculty members are predominant in lower cadres such as lecturers and graduate assistants.与其他科学、技术、工程与数学（Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics，简称STEM）学科类似，地球科学领域也普遍存在性别不平等现象，且该现象并非仅局限于资深与高级教职岗位。本数据集经数据挖掘与整理构建而成，旨在评估非洲39个国家共计143个地球科学院系的教职人员构成情况。本次数据采集工作开展于2020年7月1日至11月30日期间，所有数据均来自可验证的在线资源，包括ResearchGate、谷歌学术（Google Scholar）、academia.edu以及院系官方网站与个人主页。本次研究关注的统计参数包括教职职级、各院系的性别比例以及人均性别占比。数据集结果显示，在本次统计覆盖的所有院系中，女性教职人员的占比普遍偏低，且在教授、高级研究员等高级岗位中极为稀缺；而女性教职人员则在讲师、研究生助教等基层岗位中占据多数。