Publication:
Initiative to increment the number of women in STEM degrees: women, science and technology chair of the Public University of Navarre

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2021-06-25

Date

2020

Director

Publisher

IEEE
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa

Project identifier

ES/1PE/TIN2016-77356-P

Abstract

The Public University of Navarre joined with Navarre Government has created the Women, Science and Technology Chair. This chair arises due to the plummeting tendency of the percentage of women in STEM degrees with the aim of reversing this trend. The programme of activities is defined throughout this contribution by six activities: a Theatre Play, a Poster Award on Final Degree/Masters Project, The 1st Week of Women, Science and Technology, the Promotion of Technical Degrees in schools and high-schools, a Workshop about Gender Stereotypes and the Fostering of Women among Science and Environment. Each activity gained great success and the preset goals were highly accomplished, especially, the 1st Week of Women, Science and Technology activity. The latter achieved a great success both in participation and in repercussion, contributing to visualize the role of women in science and technology.

Keywords

STEM, Science gender gap, Technology, Stereotypes, Women models, Gender gap

Department

Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas / Ingeniería / Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación / Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika / Ingeniaritza / Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren

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Doctorate program

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Funding entities

Authors are grateful to Navarre Government, Caja Navarra Foundation, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT-Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad), Public University of Navarre, IEEE CAS Spain Chapter and the Chair in Renewable Energy of the Public University of Navarre.

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