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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>From the United Nations website</i>: <b>In order to achieve
  full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls
 \, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and gi
 rls\, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/70/212 
 declaring 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Scien
 ce.</b>\n\nScience and gender equality are both vital for the achievement 
 of the internationally agreed development goals\, including the 2030 Agend
 a for Sustainable Development. Over the past 15 years\, the global communi
 ty has made a lot of effort in inspiring and engaging women and girls in s
 cience. Yet women and girls continue to be excluded from participating ful
 ly in science.\n\nAt present\, less than 30 per cent of researchers worldw
 ide are women. According to UNESCO data (2014 - 2016)\, only around 30 per
  cent of all female students select STEM-related fields in higher educatio
 n. Globally\, female students’ enrollment is particularly low in ICT (3 pe
 r cent)\, natural science\, mathematics and statistics (5 per cent) and in
  engineering\, manufacturing and construction (8 per cent).\n\nLong-standi
 ng biases and gender stereotypes are steering girls and women away from sc
 ience related fields. As in the real world\, the world on screen reflects 
 similar biases—the 2015 Gender Bias Without Borders study by the Geena Dav
 is Institute showed that of the onscreen characters with an identifiable S
 TEM job\, only 12 per cent were women.\n\nWe invite you to visit the link 
 below to the MD History Day Contest NCMF Scholarship Award Winners. Many o
 f these innovative and inspiring awardees have been young women - pursuing
  further education and a career in STEM.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>From the United Nations website</i>: <b>In order to achieve 
 full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls\
 , and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and gir
 ls\, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/70/212 d
 eclaring 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Scienc
 e.</b>\n\nScience and gender equality are both vital for the achievement o
 f the internationally agreed development goals\, including the 2030 Agenda
  for Sustainable Development. Over the past 15 years\, the global communit
 y has made a lot of effort in inspiring and engaging women and girls in sc
 ience. Yet women and girls continue to be excluded from participating full
 y in science.\n\nAt present\, less than 30 per cent of researchers worldwi
 de are women. According to UNESCO data (2014 - 2016)\, only around 30 per 
 cent of all female students select STEM-related fields in higher education
 . Globally\, female students’ enrollment is particularly low in ICT (3 per
  cent)\, natural science\, mathematics and statistics (5 per cent) and in 
 engineering\, manufacturing and construction (8 per cent).\n\nLong-standin
 g biases and gender stereotypes are steering girls and women away from sci
 ence related fields. As in the real world\, the world on screen reflects s
 imilar biases—the 2015 Gender Bias Without Borders study by the Geena Davi
 s Institute showed that of the onscreen characters with an identifiable ST
 EM job\, only 12 per cent were women.\n\nWe invite you to visit the link b
 elow to the MD History Day Contest NCMF Scholarship Award Winners. Many of
  these innovative and inspiring awardees have been young women - pursuing 
 further education and a career in STEM.
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SUMMARY:International Day of Women and Girls in Science
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