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Intel & FAWE Partner To Host An Inaugural Science Competition For Girls

Caroline Vutagwa by Caroline Vutagwa
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Suraj Shah, Africa Programs Director, Intel Corporation (Left) Martha Muhwenzi, Senior Programs Office, FAWE (Center), Hendrina Doroba, Executive Director FAWE (Right)

Suraj Shah, Africa Programs Director, Intel Corporation (Left) Martha Muhwenzi, Senior Programs Office, FAWE (Center), Hendrina Doroba, Executive Director FAWE (Right)

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Suraj Shah, Africa Programs Director, Intel Corporation (Left) Martha Muhwenzi, Senior Programs Office, FAWE (Center), Hendrina Doroba, Executive Director FAWE (Right)
Suraj Shah, Africa Programs Director, Intel Corporation (Left) Martha Muhwenzi, Senior Programs Office, FAWE (Center), Hendrina Doroba, Executive Director FAWE (Right)

 

 

The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) in conjunction with Intel today launched the All Africa Girls STEM Competition. The inaugural competition took place in Nairobi from 13th – 14th August 2014 and featured a team of 35 all-female finalists drawn from the 15 African countries where FAWE has presence.

Kenya managed to send 6 participants, all from Meru County. Other countries participating included Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zanzibar.

The All Africa Girls STEM Competition is aimed at enhancing girls’ interest, participation and performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and to help the girls pursue careers in these fields.

Intel’s Africa Program Director, Suraj Shah, said “The technology sector has recently faced allegations of being a male dominated sector. Partly to blame for the situation is that not many women pick a career path in technology. Intel has chosen to be at the forefront of promoting gender balance and female participation in the technology sector, especially in Africa where technology’s contribution to the economy has been growing at a fast pace.”

The collaboration between FAWE and Intel is in line with Intel’s ‘She Will Connect program’, which is an innovative combination of digital literacy training, an online peer network, and gender-relevant content. Intel create the programme as a result of the Women and the Web report in developing countries that showed 25 percent fewer women were online than men and in Sub-Saharan Africa, the gap rose to 43 percent

In addition to bringing together the girls, the event also brought together prominent women professionals and scientists, who will among others, provide mentoring and motivational talks to encourage the young girls through sharing their experiences.

Among these professionals were former FAWE beneficiaries who have made it through their education and will also act as an inspiration to the upcoming Scientist, Mathematicians Engineers and technological experts.

Martha Muhwezi, Senior Program Coordinating Officer FAWE Regional Secretariat said “FAWE has been giving incentives and encouraging girls to actively participate in STEM. Initiatives such as the regional competition are a strong incentive for girls in high school where such subjects are commonly perceived as difficult or as male domains. A balanced gender participation in STEMS eventually benefits society by uplifting the economic status of women in the society.”

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