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Women in STEM: How can we support them?

The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industries are still mostly a boys club with women in the minority.   Deloitte Global indicated that the percentage of women in major tech companies is still low, at 25%. What’s more, nearly 60% of women are expected to change jobs due to insufficient work-life balance. More than…

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Expanding Women’s Rights through Economic Equity

It’s time to talk transparently about women’s economic equity barriers, access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) across the life cycle, gendered stereotypes surrounding unpaid care work and its influence on women’s Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), including youth and social perspectives in transforming harmful practices for the better. These topics were unpacked…

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