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Karen Davila introduces 10 Filipina scholars of UN Women’s STEM scholarship program

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<p>UN Women National Goodwill Ambassador for the Philippines Karen Davila introduced the first ten Filipina scholars of the STEM Scholarship program by the UN Women.</p><p>On her Instagram page, the ABS-CBN broadcaster posted a clip featuring the ten scholars. </p><p>&quot;Women with a vision in STEM! Meet our first 10 SHESTEMS Scholarship Awardees and hear their emotional journey in pursuing a career in STEM!&quot; Karen wrote.</p><p>As per herlegacy.ph, the SHESTEMS Scholarship Awards &quot;empowers outstanding female students in STEM with annual awards of at least P120,000 until graduation.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a vital initiative aimed at breaking gender barriers and promoting equality in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. By supporting these talented young women, we&#x27;re investing in a future where diversity fuels innovation and progress,&quot; the website added.</p><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-6" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_o-dSPSX_m/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A6%2C%22os%22%3A2055861.700000003%2C%22ls%22%3A1694948.700000003%2C%22le%22%3A1694951.700000003%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-6" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_o-dSPSX_m/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-6" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_o-dSPSX_m/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_o-dSPSX_m/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Kristin Karen Davila (@iamkarendavila)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Karen shared that women and girls are underrepresented in STEM. The broadcaster pointed out: &quot;Just 1 in 3 researchers is a woman, and women account for just 35% of graduates in STEM-related fields!&quot;</p><p>She added: &quot;The UN reports their numbers are even smaller in cutting edge fields such as Artificial Intelligence, where only 1 in 5 professionals is a woman 🙌🏼 Let’s push for gender equality in STEM!&quot;</p><p>Karen shared that UN Women has partnered with the University of the Philippines for the scholarship program.</p><p>&quot;Malaking bagay ang STEM sa Pilipinas. Alam niyo ba na in the year 2025, 75% of the jobs available will be coming from STEM? At dapat equal o patas ang representation ng mga kababaihan diyan,&quot; she said.</p><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-4" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxg4iORyWfD/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A2035487.300000012%2C%22ls%22%3A1694948.700000003%2C%22le%22%3A1694951.700000003%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-4" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Karen went on: &quot;Para simulan ang SHESTEMS Scholarship Awards, kami po ay nakipag-partner sa UP. Hinanap po namin ang pinakamagagaling, pinakamatatalino, pinakadisididong mga kababaihan na nag-aaral ng STEM. Naghanap kami ng sampung mga kababaihan para maging SHESTEMS Scholarship Awardees.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/9/24/karen-davila-appointed-as-first-un-women-philippines-goodwill-ambassador-1051" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>READ: Karen Davila appointed as first UN Women Philippines Goodwill Ambassador</u></strong></a></div><p>Karen was appointed as UN Women National Goodwill Ambassador in September 2023.</p><p>Karen shared that she will be working with UN Women &quot;to help bring about change in mindsets, behavior and hopefully, in the everyday lives of women &amp; girls through projects we will be involved in.&quot;</p><div><br/></div>

<p>Karen Davila introduced the 10 Filipina scholars of the SHESTEMS Scholarship program of the UN Women. The program "empowers outstanding female students in STEM with annual awards of at least P120,000 until graduation."</p>

Karen Davila introduced the 10 Filipina scholars of the SHESTEMS Scholarship program of the UN Women. The program "empowers outstanding female students in STEM with annual awards of at least P120,000 until graduation."

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