{"id":44911,"date":"2022-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/?guid=ba0e6c8c6555474e20f7cb4589073fba"},"modified":"2022-06-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T00:00:00","slug":"government-communications-and-science-and-innovation-host-joint-webinar-on-women-in-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-industries-22-jun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/government-communications-and-science-and-innovation-host-joint-webinar-on-women-in-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-industries-22-jun\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Communications and Science and Innovation host joint webinar on women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics industries, 22 Jun"},"content":{"rendered":"
Webinar on Young Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics<\/P>
The Government Communication and Information System in collaboration with the Department of Science and Innovation will host a webinar to celebrate the contribution of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industries.<\/P>
<\/P>
The event is hosted as part of the Youth Month campaign and it aims to inspire, engage, and encourage young women to consider a career in STEM related fields.<\/P>
<\/P>
According to the UNESCO report titled \u201cCracking the code: Girls\u2019 and women\u2019s education in STEM\u201d, only 35% of STEM students in higher education globally are women. Despite the tremendous progress towards increasing women participation in science-related fields, a significant gender gap has persisted throughout the years at all levels STEM disciplines all over the world. In South Africa, only 13% of graduates in STEM fields are women.<\/P>
<\/P>
The webinar aims to create a platform to discuss gender disparities between men and women in STEM fields, celebrate milestones achieved by women in male dominated industries and encourage young women to venture into STEM careers.<\/P>
<\/P>
Source: Government of South Africa<\/P>
<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Webinar on Young Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and MathematicsThe Government Communication and Information System in collaboration with the Department of Science and Innovation will host a webinar to celebrate the contribution of women in S…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n