No American can escape the 2016 presidential race news coverage. Amidst the news, conversations about the current election seem to evolve (or, devolve?) into different, more general conversations. Recently, one of the stories involved Margaret Albright and Gloria Steinem, who suggested that supporting Hillary Clinton was the duty of women who considered themselves “feminists.” Don’t […]
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EMPOWERING WOMEN IN STEM SERIES: Scientista Foundation Filling in the Void
In last month’s piece we learned about an up and coming organization that is centered on being the spark, the inspiration, the motivation for women, especially across the continent of Africa in the fields of STEM. This month’s article we focus on the next aspect of that journey, the many women in universities who are […]
EMPOWERING WOMEN IN STEM SERIES: Levers in Heels Creating Inspiration
Across the many STEM fields a lack of female representation has been noted around the world. For example, the UNESCO Institute of Statistics reported in 2015 that on average in the world women constitute as 28% of researchers and when looking specifically at the continent of Africa women account for 30% of the researchers.[1] As […]