GEN4STEM: GENder & GENeration for STEM


Cross-Cutting Themes

GEN4STEM is a 6-month online program (in English & French) addressing the gender gap in STEM covering 21 countries in Africa (Senegal, Benin, Cape Verde, Liberia, Gambia, Mali, Chad, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Togo, Niger, Guinea, Nigeria, Botswana, Burkina Faso, C?te d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Zambia, Egypt, Sudan). It aims to support young girls¡¯ academic and career orientation in STEM, offers mentoring with high-powered role models, provides soft skills development and networks with high-powered role models. The program is endorsed and recognized by Climate Chance¡¯s Cartography for Action ().

Contributed by: Awa Bousso Dram¨¦, CoastGISciences Research Institute, Senegal