The W-STEM UTN project held a virtual collage contest called “I want to change the world” for two categories, 6 to 8 and 9 to 12 years old. The contest was organized in commemoration of Children’s Day in Ecuador. In order to increase the interest of girls and boys in […]
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Webinar organised by Fedesoft and supported by W-STEM on attracting women to the technology sector will take place on Wednesday 2 September 2020 at 17:00 COT. The event will be attended by three great women; Lucy Esther García Ramos, professor of Systems Engineering at the Universidad del Norte and researcher […]
First time the Faculty of Sciences makes a welcome meeting of all the first year students from Biology, Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Schools. (Every year the Students Association of each School make the welcome meeting). During the meeting we invited students to join “Mujeres de Ciencia” (Women of Science), […]
Sofía García-Bullé reflects on the need for Gender Studies in schools. The gender perspective, as defined by Susana Gamba, is the epistemological conception that approaches reality through the proper lens of each gender and their power relations. Gender Studies and Perspective 101 What do we really mean by the gender […]
During the week before the commemoration of the International Women’s Day, Tecnológico de Monterrey celebrated plenty of events related to gender issues and women representation in several aspects of student life. To join these activities, W-STEM proposed an open dialogue between STEM students and share their experience with attendees. Topics […]
The road for women in science in Mexico and the world has not been easy. A very frequent question is, how to achieve the perfect balance between our personal and professional roles? We need to create mechanisms that favor an equitative and collaborative working environment, focused on achievements and development […]
In honor of women’s day, workshops about the importance of women access in STEM careers were held at UTPL (Ecuador), where more than 100 students from three different schools in the town participated. The general theme of the workshops was called “Women in Engineering” its objective was to socialize the […]
The University of Guadalajara collaborates with the W-STEM project in its objective of improving the strategies and mechanisms of attraction, access and orientation of women in STEM higher education programs in Latin America In this regard, representatives of the W-STEM project participated in events carried out by the institution that […]
On May 10th, UTB commemorated the International Women’s Day. Members of the university answered the question: How can you contribute to a world with gender equality? We also invite them to take a photo and upload it on instagram and use hastash #mujerutb #eachforequal #wstemproject