Elimisha Msichana Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (2) - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/flagship-4-addressing-inequality/elimisha-msichana-elimisha-jamii-na-astronomia-2/ Astronomy for a better world! Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:57:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Elimisha Msichana Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (2) - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/flagship-4-addressing-inequality/elimisha-msichana-elimisha-jamii-na-astronomia-2/ 32 32 Better Grades, Higher Enrolment, Changed Attitudes to STEM: EMEJA’s Impact in Rural Kenya https://astro4dev.org/better-grades-higher-enrolment-changed-attitudes-to-stem-emejas-impact-in-rural-kenya/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:47:23 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=29141 The EMEJA project aims to address the issue of high school dropout rates among girls in rural Kenya and Uganda via Astronomy outreach, mentorship, & targeted STEM workshops and scholarships opportunities, to be guided & supported by long-term student tracking & monitoring to ensure that schoolgirls in these regions complete secondary education: Mentorship and outreach: [...]

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]]> Astro-STEM Workshops and Mentorship Targeting Rural School Girls in Kenya https://astro4dev.org/astro-stem-workshops-and-mentorship-targeting-rural-school-girls-in-kenya/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:58:48 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=28307 Dropout rates are high between primary-to-secondary transition among schoolgirls in rural areas of Kenya and Uganda. Addressing gender disparity and equality in education is critically important for the socio-economic growth within these regions. EMEJA aims to address some of these issues in rural Kenya & Uganda via Astronomy outreach programmes, mentorship, & targeted STEM workshops [...]

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]]> Overview: Elimisha Msichana Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (2023) https://astro4dev.org/overview-elimisha-msichana-elimisha-jamii-na-astronomia-2/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:51:43 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26634 Due to several socio-economic issues such as early marriages, teenage pregnancies & poverty, schoolgirl dropout rates are high in rural areas of Kenya & Uganda during the primary-to-secondary transitions. EMEJA aims to address these issues via Astronomy outreach programmes, mentorship, & targeted STEM workshops and scholarships opportunities. These are guided & supported by long-term student [...]

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