2017 News

As part of the International Council for Science (ICSU) Regional workshop in Africa for the project “A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It?” which took place from 1 to 2 December

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AIMSWIS South Africa members Dr Rejoyce Gavhi-Molefe, Ms Innocenter Amima and Ms Bathata Masego attended the South African Women in Science and Engineering Association Annual General Meeting which took place on 4 December 2017, at  ... For Information ... 

On 18 November 2017, AIMSWIS South Africa held a mentoring event, which was a follow-up to the "Meet and Greet" event held on 9 October. The event for current AIMS South Africa women students, researchers, and alumni was organized by 

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Africa Code Week was held across Africa from 18-25 October 2017 with the goal of enabling 500,000 young Africans across 35 African countries to learn coding basics. AIMS South Africa was one of the host institutions in South Africa and hosted five 

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The AIMS South Africa Women in STEM (AIMSWIS) mentoring program for the academic year 2017-2018 will kick off in October with a ”meet and greet” event which aims to introduce students (both male and female) to this initiative. The objectives of this program are to, 

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Dr Rejoyce Gavhi-Molefe presented a talk on career opportunities in the mathematical sciences and the use of mathematics in a computer-aided design application areas, such as animated movies, at the Young Ladies in STEM Seminar. The event was 

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Dr Rejoyce Gavhi-Molefe one of the AIMS South Africa resident researchers and AIMS Women Mathematical Sciences (WiMS) mentoring program coordinator, recently joined co-convenors Prof. Caradee. Wright and Ms. Dorothy Ngila to launch a 

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National Science Week (NSW), an annual week-long event coordinated by the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement on behalf of the DST, is now in its 18th year and ran from 5-12

August 2017. AIMS South Africa hosted one of the 

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As part of our NSW activities, Ms Nozuko Poni, Marketing & Project Coordinator, Silicon Cape gave a talk titled: ‘Tech is the future’ on 8 August. Key talking points included: The world going digital- what this means for businesses, consumers, and careers ... For Information ...

As part of the ongoing women mentoring programme for 2017, on 9 May the AIMS Women in STEM initiative hosted a lunch for women students to meet and have a discussion with AIMS women researchers and a visiting researcher Prof. Arlene 

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AIMS South Africa hosted various events from 6-11 March 2017 to celebrate International Women’s Day as part of the AIMS Women in STEM initiative. Events included outreach to secondary schools, where learners were given the opportunity to listen to

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AIMS recognises that women’s and girl’s involvement in mathematical sciences is a critical factor that will contribute to shaping Africa’s growth and development. It is important to attract and retain

more women in the science, technology, 

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