On Thursday, March 5, UTB participated in the First Meeting of Turbaneras women “for the rights of women and an egalitarian future” within the framework of the commemoration of International Women’s Day. The meeting took place at the House of Culture of Turbana, Bolívar. The event was organized by Ms. […]
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Workshops were developed with girls from 7-13 years. Every 15 days we met to make experiments and show how girls can make science! Activities were hold at a marginal region of Costa Rican metropolitan area.
Last Tuesday February 11th, during the welcome-back fair organized by the student life department (LiFE), representatives of the W-STEM project at Tecnológico de Monterrey celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. During a celebration that took place from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., W-STEM team congratulated female […]
In the frame of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Uninorte organized some activities with the aims of empowering girls and creating awareness of the problematic: a talk about why is it important to have more women in STEM and how media has invisibilized the role of […]
The team from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) developed several workshops from October to December 2019 with girls from 7-13 years old. Every 15 days they met to make experiments and show how girls can make science. The activities were hold at a marginal region of Costa Rican metropolitan […]
In the framework of the W-STEM project, Dr. Carina González, full professor at the University of La Laguna (Spain), give a alk about “The Careers of the Future” which was aimed at students from the STEM area.
19th November the first session of the “Robotics Club” took place at Universidad del Norte (Colombia). A group of young girls in school attended accompanied by teachers and parents. They learnt the principles of programming and robotics by building a “Lego Mindstorm” robot.
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”.
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, […]