Project

       She Chooses STEM for the Future is an Erasmus Plus project coordinated by the Municipality of Narni, UMBRIA, Italy whose goal is to promote and disseminate gender equality and the inclusion of women and young girls in science.

       The purpose is to encourage young women to choose studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to reduce the gender gap in tomorrow’s world.

Subjects such as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, known by the acronym STEM, are the main subjects of the technological revolution the world is currently going through.

In the job market, particularly in Industry 4.0, the increasing demand for specialised technical-scientific knowledge is highly characteristic of the supply side.

It has been found out that women are excluded to some extent from the change that is taking place.

Globally, women graduating in scientific subjects are less than 4 out of 10.

From the point of view of equal opportunities and integration, these data represent a real gender gap in training and, as a consequence, in employment.

The need to reduce the gap by promoting access to STEM education is one of the priorities of the European Union, which asks Member States to invest in innovative training, to promote the acquisition of STEM skills, and to encourage the presence of young women in scientific studies.

The major role in this is that of teachers, educational institutions and families: all should evade the gender stereotypes and prejudices that have determined girls to be isolated from science for too long and bring female students closer to STEM subjects.

The project She Chooses STEM for the Future stems from the need to develop an inclusive approach, to increase the knowledge and awareness of female students to make them free to make unconditional choices.