To encourage more girls to be interested in ICT, it is necessary to give visibility to women’s scientific contributions. It is important to encourage children equitably, regardless of their gender.
The UN statement on the fourth Thursday of April as the “International Girls Day in ICT” It is due to the unequal structure of access and use of technology, and the historical masculinization of Stem (natural sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics, by the acronym in English).
From Grow-gender and work We maintain that socializing from childhood, from the game, with science and technology, is an essential action to expand the presence of women in Stem professions: in Latin America, only 1 in 4 people who work in this field are women (IDB, 2022). This not only helps reduce the gender salary gap (since these are items with high salaries), but also provides diversity to the scientific perspective.
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The vicious circle of inequality
In Our society there are strong biases that, through the transmission of expectations and mandates, end up becoming self -fulfilled prophecies where children perform better in mathematics and opt for ICT racesand girls in language practices and opt for humanities careers.
Of the new people registered in science and technology careers (27%), undergraduate and grade in 2022, men double women, according to the report “Women in the Argentine University System 2022-2023”, of the Ministry of Education.
How many children’s films are on scientific boys and how many about scientific girls? As the Argentine philosopher Diana Maffia points out, the barriers in women’s access to science are both internal and external. The former have to do with social identification models that reinforce the association of technology as something masculine. External barriers make scientific women assume male values in the working world and that, in addition, they continue to deal mostly with unpaid care work.
Tics with well -being
The motto that the UN defined this year to raise awareness and act is “girls in ICT for an inclusive digital transformation.” This focus places us in a context of cultural transformations from technological advancement, where there is a growing concern for the use of cell phones in childhoods, given the negative impact that it produces both in the cognitive and linking.
To reduce gender gaps in the world of work, it is a goal of Grow- Gender and Work Accompany organizations in awareness campaigns to eliminate prejudices and promote the inclusion of women in Stem.
For more girls to arouse curiosity for ICTs, we must make visible the scientific contributions of women; Encourage childhoods equally beyond their gender; give the example in the responsible use of the screens; guarantee access to technology; sensitize in prejudices and biases; Among other actions.
Promoting girls in information and communication technologies is one of the goals of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, and all social actors have something to do about it since the future requires diversity in the fields of decision and knowledge creation.
Source: Ambito
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