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Closing the Gender Gap in STEM Education in Africa

The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program launched a research fund to enable the scholars to explore topics they were interested in. Two teams of researchers chose to explore focus on women in STEM to better understand the factors deepening such inequality. Interestingly, both teams' findings were similar. 

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Researchers posited that to reduce the gender gap in STEM education, there should be more early and targeted STEM interventions to demystify STEM and ignite interest in girls

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Watch: Women in Technology Across Ghana (Part 1). The Gender and Safeguarding Community of Practice (CoP) of the Mastercard Foundation spoke with young women are at the forefront of Africa’s digital transformation - https://allafrica.com/stories/202404020560.html

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