Kyrgyzstan(吉尔吉斯斯坦) is a mountainous country where nearly two thirds of the people live in rural areas. The UN notes that the local economy depends 【小题1】(heavy)on farming. So it is rare for any Kyrgyz to choose technology 【小题2】 a career path.

The UN Development Programme studied records about the country’s college 【小题3】(graduate)in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, construction and manufacturing. It found that women make up less than 10 percent of those graduates.

Nineteen-year-old Alina Anisimova, 【小题4】 is a computer programmer, says some girls don’t have the courage to take on such studies because it is not common in their country. And, she also says a majority of parents discourage their daughters from 【小题5】(study)these subjects. Girls in her country are expected 【小题6】 (marry) instead of having careers. Nearly one in 10 girls in Kyrgyzstan is married before the age of 18, notes the international aid group Girls Not Brides. She wishes that in the future people will not consider it so 【小题7】(surprise)to see young women get involved in engineering and metal working.

Actually, the number of women in science, technology, engineering and math areas 【小题8】 (increase)in recent years. For example, in the US, there has been a push to get more girls interested in such subjects at 【小题9】 early age. Still, the UN’s cultural agency UNESCO notes that only about 30 percent of the world’s researchers 【小题10】 (be)women.