Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Stembees


Description

STEMbees is a non-profit focused on encouraging and mentoring more young African women to pursue their dreams and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Our goal is to increase the participation of young girls in STEM so we might help minimize the gender gap. We are building a community of women in STEM, a SiSTEM (Sisters in STEM). STEMbees was founded by Linda Ansong, Angela Koranteng and Lady-Omega Hammond in 2014. The main aim of this project tis to close the stem gender gap.

Project website

http://www.stembees.org/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C4. Capacity building 2019
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 5: Gender equality

Coverage
  • Ghana

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2014

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Women

WSIS values promotion

Capacity building


Entity name

Stembees

Entity country—type

Ghana Civil Society

Entity website

http://www.stembees.org/