Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering, and Science


Description

Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering, and Science -- FEMMES -- is a student run organization at the University of Chicago. Our mission is to help close the gender gap in Tech by presenting CS and Tech to middle school girls in our local neighbourhood. We hope to expand our CS and Tech focus to encompass larger categories of STEM by making CS and Tech the lens to see other traditional sciences through. We cater to the female middle school population on the South Side of Chicago, one of the least funded neighbourhoods in Chicago.

Project website

https://sites.duke.edu/femmes/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C4. Capacity building 2019
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 5: Gender equality

Coverage
  • South Chicago , United States of America

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2006

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Women

WSIS values promotion

Our mission is to help close the gender gap in Tech by presenting CS and Tech to middle school girls in our local neighbourhood.


Entity name

University of Chicago

Entity country—type

United States of America Academia

Entity website

https://www.uchicago.edu