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SHE STEMS program highlights gender mainstreaming, familiarization of Science courses among Filipinos

Ched Rick Gatchalian

ABS-CBN News

<div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><div><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1724749841534Screenshot 2024-08-27 at 5.07.36 PM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">UN Women&#x27;s National Goodwill Ambassador and ABS-CBN News anchor Karen Davila with SHE STEMS scholars.</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — UN Women&#x27;s National Goodwill Ambassador and ABS-CBN News anchor Karen Davila she feels honored playing a role in developing a Filipina neuroscientist, geodetic engineer, astrophysicist, or chemist through the SHE STEMS program.</p><p>The SHE STEMS program is her first project with the mission of spreading gender equality in all industries, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).</p><p>Davila mentioned in an interview that only 30% of women are part of STEM courses and industries globally. In the Philippines alone, only 3 in 10 Filipinos working in STEM are girls.</p><p>&quot;When all genders are represented in STEM, we can expect different perspectives, creativity, collaboration that can lead to solutions that one gender representation may not at first consider. STEM courses are meant to serve as a foundation for the world’s present and future problems. We need everyone on board,&quot; she said.</p><p>Under the program, 10 Filipina students were chosen to be recipients of P120,000 financial support, mentorship, nurturing and networking opportunities at the helm of University of the Philippines.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/8/21/these-filipina-students-are-set-to-become-role-models-for-women-in-stem-1445">READ: These Filipina students are set to become role models for women in STEM</a></div><p>They also attended a 3-day program which included visiting the UN Women office, undergoing a specialized leadership training under FranklinCovey, and receiving the checks as part of their financial support.</p><p>The girls are carefully picked with the criteria of having a 1.7 GPA and a compelling life story to tell. Most of them are also running for honors.</p><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1724749755136Screenshot 2024-08-27 at 5.06.35 PM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">SHE STEMS Scholars with Lenlen Mesing at UN Women office.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div><p>Davila noted that some of their courses are not popularized among Filipinos, thus the scholarship is a great tool to make people more aware about several complex-sounding yet necessary science programs.</p><p>Some of these are being a geodetic engineer who measures and monitors the Earth through various methods and technologies, and an astrophysicist who attempts to understand the universe by applying the laws of physics.</p><p>&quot;We live in a time where everything is possible for women. We must not wait for doors to be opened for them, we must create it. Today, we’re seeing the possibility of the United States having their first woman President, and one of a woman of color. We’re also seeing a Filipino renaissance globally and I think we should empower future Filipina leaders any way we can,&quot; Davila said.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div style="margin-bottom:0px;line-height:normal"><br/></div>

<p>UN Women's National Goodwill Ambassador and ABS-CBN News anchor Karen Davila shared she feels honored playing a role in developing a Filipina neuroscientist, geodetic engineer, astrophysicist, or chemist through the SHE STEMS program.</p>

UN Women's National Goodwill Ambassador and ABS-CBN News anchor Karen Davila shared she feels honored playing a role in developing a Filipina neuroscientist, geodetic engineer, astrophysicist, or chemist through the SHE STEMS program.

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SHE STEMS program highlights gender mainstreaming, familiarization of science courses among Filipinos

Ched Rick Gatchalian,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 27, 2024 07:21 PM PHT

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