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，即STEM）学科领域类似，地球科学领域也普遍存在性别失衡问题，且该现象并非仅局限于资深与高级教职职级。本数据集经采集与构建而成，旨在评估非洲39个国家的143个地球科学院系的教职员工构成情况。本次数据采集于2020年7月1日至11月30日期间，来源均为可验证的在线资源，包括ResearchGate、谷歌学术（Google Scholar）、academia.edu以及院系官方网站与教职工个人主页。本次研究关注的参数包括教职职级、各院系内部的性别比例以及人均性别占比。本数据集的分析结果显示，在本次统计的所有院系中，女性教职员工的占比普遍偏低，且在教授（Professor）、高级研究员（Senior Researcher）等高级岗位中尤为稀缺。女性教职员工则在讲师、研究生助教等较低职级岗位中占据多数。