She Speaks Science Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/scheherazade-speaks-science/ Astronomy for a better world! Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:28:56 +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 She Speaks Science Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/scheherazade-speaks-science/ 32 32 Promoting Women in STEM Through Storytelling and Mentorship https://astro4dev.org/promoting-women-in-stem-through-storytelling-and-mentorship/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:58:17 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24149 She Speaks Science aims to promote women in STEM and a positive STEM identity among the youth through storytelling and mentorship. The stories are published on an online platform showcasing women scientists and highlighting female role models in science to inspire more young people to engage in STEM disciplines. The stories have reached 35,000 people [...]

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]]> PENTA Mentorship Program for Women https://astro4dev.org/new-mentorship-program-penta/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:48:05 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=22047 PENTA is a 5-month mentorship program for women, organized by She Speaks Science. It is designed as a 5-by-5 matrix, with women selected across 5 regions (Africa, Latin & North America, Middle East, Europe, Asia) at 5 different career stages (executive, professional, university student, high schooler, schooler). Within this matrix of 25 women and girls, [...]

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]]> Overview https://astro4dev.org/overview-35/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 07:34:04 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18979 Like other STEM fields, astronomy suffers from under-representation of women and minorities and lack of role models to inspire the next generation of astronomers, including Lebanon.   The project core is a platform called She Speaks Science www.shespeaksscience.com, that aims to make science accessible and promotes women in STEM, one story at a time. Scheherazade, [...]

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