Breaking barriers and building futures: Empowering women in STEM
Ing. Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann, Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Ghana, sat down with host Bernard Avle in the April edition of EdTech Mondays to discuss practical solutions to increase female participation in STEM. She stated, "There is a leaky pipeline. The numbers keep getting lower and lower as you go higher."
Women are underrepresented in STEM fields across Ghana and globally. Currently, only about 25% of Ghana's technical workforce is made up of women, and in engineering, the numbers are even lower. The disparity becomes more visible at higher levels of education and leadership. One effective way to increase female participation in STEM is through early exposure.
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