Women in STEM Awards 2015

300 powerful women in Science and Technology all under one roof.

Our society tells women they don’t belong in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Toys made for girls reinforce rigid, highly gendered stereotypes that encourage only boys to build or engineer. There are scarcely any female role models at the top of STEM fields. And even kids’ clothing still proclaim that girls are bad at math.

At almost every step of the STEM education ladder, we see girls walk away. By seventh grade, most girls have lost interest in these fields, and few high school girls plan to pursue STEM in college. Those who do will likely be a minority in their programs and aren’t likely to find much support in their studies. The few remaining women will graduate to a workforce that is historically unfriendly to women. Stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of academic departments and workplaces continue to block women’s participation and progress.

But the low number of women and girls pursuing STEM fields is not a status quo we can live with. It has significant implications for women’s financial security, economic growth, and global innovation.

The Women In Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (WISTEM) event is an initiative of Meera Kaul Foundation.

The event aims to encourage and empower women to participate and share their views, demonstrate their skills, get awarded and recognized. The Women in STEM Awards 2015 is meant to recognize entry level, middle level and senior level women executives who arisen through the ranks of their peers either as employees or as entrepreneurs.

The Women In STEM Hackathon, Conference, Awards is an important event for the World. It brings together the power of informed, educated and capable women. We bring to the world a wave of transformation. We have started a norm. We are breaking stereotypes. We are challenging gender bias. We are changing the world

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