11.04 IMPROVING STEM AND STE(A)M SKILLS FOR SOCIETY AND ENCOURAGING GIRLS’ AND WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN STEM STUDIES AND CAREERS

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Type of the event: Conference/congress/forum

Main theme/focus: Basic Digital Skills / Media Literacy

Main theme/focus: STE(A)M skills / Women’s in STEM

Date time start: 11/04/2022 14:00

Date time end: 11/04/2022 15:00

Number of hours: 1

Country: Belgium

City/Town: Brussels

Organisation: ALL DIGITAL

Address of the event: Rue du Commerce 123, 1000 Brussels, Belgio

Url of the event: https://all-digital.org/events/11-04-improving-stem-and-steam-skills-for-society-and-encouraging-girls-and-womens-participation-in-stem-studies-and-careers/

Target Group: General public

Number of participants: 50

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The event is: Planned

Short description of the event:

The Week 5 launch event of the ALL DIGITAL Weeks 2022 campaign is focused on an urgent key topic: gender equality within the professional environment. Fields within STEM topics are still lacking a gender balance presence and although there are many activities at any level, additional actions need to be taken to change the actual situation and culture.

During the week, events will discuss how to improve STEM and STE(A)M skills for a better society and life. Moreover, the purpose of the events is also to involve more girls and women in STEM studies and carriers, to change the ‘traditional’ mindset of considering these sectors an almost exclusive male field.

Apart from the STEM sectors and fields, a gender disbalance is still present within entrepreneurship and management, within the Creative and Cultural Industries, the Gaming sector and more transversal fields where digital competences are combined with leading roles.

The panel discussion wants to discuss what is the current situation at policy level and within specific sectors looking forward on what else could be done to have a more gender balanced society.