Talk with Deans and Directors of STEM from the University of Costa Rica and members of the National Academy of Sciences of Costa Rica. The subject: W-STEM project presentation and the talk “Sexism in academia”.
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In this visit to the laboratories of the Faculty of Engineering in Applied Sciences (FICA) girls and boys of “Agustin Cueva Dávila” School observed and interact with all the implements of each laboratory of the different careers of the faculty. This activity allowed that the girls and boys observe the […]
Since 2012, each October 11 is celebrated the International Day of the Girl. The goal is to highlight and address the needs and challenges that girls need to face. For this reason, we promote the empowerment of girls and the fulfillment of their human rights. Thus, we developed an event, […]
On September 26th we celebrated at Uninorte the “Uninorte Incluyente” day (Inclusive Uninorte Day), where the stories and needs of minorities were made visible to the community. Among these presentations, Lucy García -member of W-STEM Project- took the microphone to represent all women in STEM with her presentation “I’d blush […]
The Summer School of Politecnico di Torino “SAPERI: SPATIAL ABILITY PER L’INGEGNERIA” was designed for 4th-year high school girls. The event was based on Prof. Sorby spatial ability course and the main objective was to raise knowledge of one’s potential and improve personal abilities. The Summer School took place from […]
Two workshops were developed by the University of Costa Rica (UCR); one with Primary School teachers and another with Secondary School teachers in Costa Rica´s countryside in Pavón (Los Chiles, Costa Rica), a town near the border with Nicaragua. During the two workshops, the subject related to the importance of […]
To continue with the celebration of the “International Girls’ Day in Tics”, the “W-STEM FICA” group in conjunction with the Wie Affinity Group (Women in Engineering) of the IEEE Student Branch of the Universidad Técnica de Norte organized a workshop called “SPAT TECH”. This activity encourages the collaborative work among […]
The “W-STEM FICA” group, together with the Wie Affinity Group (Women in Engineering) of the IEEE Student Branch at Universidad Técnica del Norte, held an event the “International Day of Girls in Tics”, on April 2019. For this event, we invited girls from the orphanage “Mercedes de Jesús Molina” and […]
In March, all teachers who are integrated different careers of the Faculty of Engineering in Applied Sciences (FICA) at Universidad Técnica del Norte took the initiative to create the Group called “W-STEM FICA”, which is born to contribute and promote that girls and young people are linked to science, technology, […]