Support Women in STEM

Support Women in STEM

Based on the past mentoring programs and experiences, Women STEM-Up project has developed a mentoring program for female undergraduate students as mentees, and university staff and women STEM professionals as mentors. The project partners have now launched a call for mentors:  women STEM professionals, scientists, entrepreneurs, and innovators who are interested or involved in supporting women in STEM fields. Whoever is committed and passionate about women staying in STEM fields and look for ways to inspire and support them, this is a great opportunity.

Changing the Equation-Securing STEM Futures for Women

Changing the Equation-Securing STEM Futures for Women

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are seen as the fields of the future, with expanding job opportunities creating the goods, services and innovations that shape our daily lives. Yet women and girls form a third or less of the students, employees and innovators in these fields. When they do work in STEM, women earn 85% or less of what men are paid, and they are more likely to be the target of gender-based violence and sexism than women in other fields. Virtually no progress has been made in the past two decades.

Gene Therapy-Gloria Gonzalez

Gene Therapy-Gloria Gonzalez

Gloria is one of the world’s leading researchers in a very new field, gene therapy, and she explains it as if it were child’s play.
She did her doctoral thesis at the CSIC and then worked in New York with pioneering researchers in the search for new vaccines and treatments for malaria. He joined the CIMA (Centre for Applied Medical Research) and later directed the Gene Therapy of Viral Hepatitis laboratory. She also teaches and supervises theses.

Women, Science and Leadership

Women, Science and Leadership

The presence of women in the scientific field continues to present a significant imbalance in Spain and the world. Why do women stay away from this area? Are external or internal restraints causing this situation? How can we encourage and support young women scientists?