Stella - Thematic Community: "Girls and Science"

Women in Science: Audio-Book

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:10:42 GMT

For much of human history, women were officially excluded from the scientific realm. However, in spite of their invisibility in the history narrative, this did not mean that science was exclusively a (...)

EUD: Meeting point for ICT Women in Europe!

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:47:44 GMT

The European Directory of Women and ICT has been developed upon the initiative and with the support of the European Commission’s DG Information Society and Media.

Getting more girls and women (...)

Airtime for women scientists in Europe - SET-Routes Audio Portraits

Fri, 22 May 2009 10:08:04 GMT

In an attempt to encourage young women to pursue careers in science, engineering and technology (SET), the SET-Routes Audio Portraits feature a series of interviews with successful women scientists (...)

Xperimania winners announced: girls come out on top in science competition

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:11:41 GMT

Three girls have won the first Xperimania competitions on materials and chemistry. Kristiana A. and Detelina N. from Bulgaria, and Deborah F. from Malta won the two main prizes. The runners-up and (...)

Roberta goes EU

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:11:40 GMT

Roberta takes girls and young women into the fascinating world of robots, where they can learn science, technology and IT in an exciting and realistic way. Using real robots! Roberta instructors are (...)

Women in Science in Bulgaria (and not only)

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:38:26 GMT

Bulgaria goes one step forward in the number of women scientists in Europe. This is the conclusion in the "She Figures 2009", the report of the European Commission on gender equality in science, released in November in Brussels.In Bulgaria a title is taken very slowly - there is not a woman academician or corresponding member under 35, while in Europe one in four scientists of this age, achieved (...)

UPDATE Conference in Madrid Presents Enhanced Education Concepts

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:27:45 GMT

Europe Calls for Top Technology Teaching UPDATE Conference in Madrid Presents Enhanced Education Concepts
European science and technology classes don't respond to the needs of pupils, especially not to the needs of girls. European curricula need to be improved by means of excellent and binding measures that particularly focus on children's early years. According to the results of the UPDATE (...)

Women&Technologies®: creativity and innovation

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:16:37 GMT

International Conference Women&Technologies®: creativity and innovation 2009Monday, 9th November 2009
"Leonardo da Vinci" National Museum of Science and Technology, Via San Vittore 21 - Milan (Italy)

In contemporary Europe, the relationship between women and technologies has become increasingly complex, evolving as it in some contradictory (...)

Women in IT – a Key paper by the European Schoolnet

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:47:13 GMT

A special Insight Report has been recently issued by the European Schoolnet, titled "Women in IT. The European situation and the role of public-private partnerships in promoting greater participation of young women in technology".
The report, by M. Durando, P. Wastiau and A. Joyce, analyses the reasons and the issues of the students' falling interest in science and technical studies in Europe, (...)

SET-Routes - School Ambassador Programme

Fri, 22 May 2009 10:24:44 GMT

Through SET-Routes, EMBL, CERN and EMBO have joined forces to encourage more girls and women to study Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) and help them further their careers!
SET-Routes is a pan-European network of women scientists from PhD students to institute directors, working in some of the most challenging areas of science: bioinformatics, particle physics, space science, robotics (...)