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Online tool to track African women in STEM

年轻妇女在科学实验室学习
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[内罗毕]毫无疑问，在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）中指导女孩和妇女是非洲公平和安全可持续未来的最中心支柱之一。

But experts,政府而且，一些机构一直在努力如何最佳地执行这项机构，以充分，始终如一地实现所需的目标。

These emerged as some of the vital issues during the 2nd International day for Women and Girls in Science forum held in Nairobi, Kenya, this month (11 February), which was organised by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation in Kenya and the African Women in Science and Engineering.

“科学需要女性（和）女性需要科学。”

联合国教科文组织东非地区办事处的爱丽丝·奥坎达（Alice Ochanda）

肯尼亚的联合国教科文组织政府在线指导工具年轻的girls and womenin STEM, which was launched at the event, was a shot in the arm for STEM education in Africa.

该工具旨在促进和跟踪不同级别的受过指导学生教育在非洲。到目前为止，肯尼亚已有80所学校的730名学生在肯尼亚受到指导。

Surely this will also enable upcoming women scientists, and students with interest in science, to highlight the issues that continue to sideline them in these important educational fields, and to also discuss future approaches vital for effective participation of women in science.

在论坛上发表讲话的专家强调，参与学校需要跟踪那些受过指导的学生的表现。

这些导师，其中一些是大学中的女科学家，工程师和讲师，请监视录取，以查看在提供的不同STEM课程中被录取了多少名有指导的学生。预计他们还将分析入学数字，以表明入学人数增加。

According to Alice Ochanda, programme specialist for gender and science at the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa,该工具可以提高可见性和认可，并为非洲科学妇女所发生的事情发出声音。

“科学需要女性（和）女性需要科学，” Ochanda说。“妇女参与科学将促进非洲大陆的发展。”

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She adds that girls should be empowered to think for solutions for problems in their countries from scientific and engineering insights.

Ochanda指出，应该在学校实施科学俱乐部，以促进学生的进一步指导和网络机会。

One message emerging clearly from the meeting was that to close the科学的性别差距, there’s greater need to inspire girls to embrace the sciences through mentorship talks, laboratory demonstrations,链接of STEM subjects to careers and showing their relevance to society.

This piece was produced by SciDev.Net’s Sub-Saharan Africa English desk.