Celebrating International Women’s Day 2020
While International Women’s Day, 8th March, came just a few days after our launch, we wanted to make sure that we took time to celebrate it. Gender inequality very much still exists in science, technology, engineering & maths (STEM) and as a result, only 30% of the world’s researchers are women.[1] It’s a global problem, and it’s one we need to take action on, because we need people of all genders doing STEM if we are to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We’ve chosen to celebrate International Women’s Day by amplifying some amazing young people from around the world who are already taking action, and are using STEM to help achieve SDG 5 - gender equality…
References:
[1] Johnny Wood, World Economic Forum, "3 things to know about women in STEM," 11 February 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/stem-gender-inequality-researchers-bias/. [Accessed 7 March 2020].