INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE

 

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE

In 2016, the UN declared 11 February as International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The main reason for this declaration was to encourage more girls and women to take up jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (also known as the STEM subjects). Figures show that although there is no significant difference in ability between boys and girls in maths and science, less than 35 per cent of graduates in STEM subjects worldwide are women and there are even fewer in engineering and information technology.

In our center we are going to celebrate this day by taking a deep look on different important scientific women along the history

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