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Are you a teacher or educator, looking to help advance girls and young women in STEM? If so, browse through resources and information on how you can assist girls and young women to become the leaders of the future in STEM.

Supporting STEM Career Transitions for Girls in ASEAN: Spotlight on Cambodia, Indonesia, and Vietnam

This report explores how to effectively support adolescent girls across the ASEAN region, so that they can transition from education into STEM careers. It explores the factors that influence girls’ participation in STEM; the role of key stakeholders in inspiring girls; the approaches that effectively support girls’ participation; and the roles key actors can play to encourage girls to pursue STEM fields.

Gender-responsive remote digital learning

This brief outlines policy considerations and recommendations to promote gender-responsive remote learning using digital technologies.

Future of work: women (dis)connected

In this report, WONDER Foundation sheds light on the challenges facing women and girls’ education as a result of the gender digital divide and the ongoing pandemic.

Girls’ and women’s education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

This website contains up-to-date materials about STEM for women and girls from UNESCO.

Resource guide: building girls’ interest in STEM education

This advocacy guide aims to support participants and others interested in engaging women and girls in STEM studies and careers. It provides guidance and links to information and resources that can spark girls’ interest in STEM and raise awareness of the importance of girls’ engagement in today and tomorrow. I

Digitally empowered generation equality: Women, girls and ICT in the context of COVID-19 in selected Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries

This report focuses on women and girls using, studying, and working in digital technology in eight countries. The analysis concluded with country-specific recommendations to develop a set of national initiatives fostering the participation of women and girls in the ICT sector.

Gender Gap in the STEM Fields and Proposed Intervention Programmes

This report showcases research findings on attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of primary and secondary school students, university students and teachers towards STEM.

Do both boys and girls feel safe at school – and does it matter? Academic achievement and feelings of safety: a closer look at gender and grade level differences

The brief reveals that the relationship between feeling safe in school and academic achievement differs between boys and girls and between countries. Educational policymakers are advised to carefully analyse the complex interplay between gender, grade level and national contexts when developing strategies to enhance school safety.