British Council Partners with Leading UK Universities to Support Malaysian Female Students in STEM
The British Council has launched a postgraduate scholarship programme in partnership with three leading UK universities — University of Glasgow, Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Stirling, aimed at benefiting Southeast Asian women with a background in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM). According to UNESCO, fewer than 30 percent of researchers worldwide are women and only 30 percent of female students select STEM-related fields in higher education. The British Council seeks to increase this number by establishing programmes to support women in STEM around the world, from inspiring young girls to stay in the field to supporting working women in STEM to reach positions of leadership. Its latest programme provides fifteen full scholarships to women from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam who can demonstrate their need for financial support and who wish to inspire future generations of women to pursue careers in STEM. The scholarships will cover full tuition…
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala confirmed as WTO Chief
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Profiling a Continental Financier
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A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall
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Amazons Watch launches Global Women for Good, with Noleen Mariappen as Global Director
The Amazons Watch, a premier women development publication, committed to continually highlight the giant strides of women from the developing nations of the world,…
Tackling Youth Unemployment in Nigeria: Rolake Rosiji Comes on Board as Jobberman New CEO
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Zambia Partners with UN to Help Women Avert Climate through Goat Rearing
To the crisis caused by climate in Zambia, the Government has joined a UN coalition led by UNDP, FAO and WFP in a GCF-funded…
BoN Celebrates Women Commercial Bank Leadership
Bank of Namibia recently organized an event in celebration of women taking over the reins at four of Namibia’s biggest banks with a combined…
