General Information of the STEM Women's Group of Universidad del Valle

Objetivos

• Encourage the participation of girls and women in professional development in STEM areas.
• Promote gender parity in the areas of science and technology, both in the academic and professional spheres.
• Visibilize the achievements of women in STEM areas Create collaboration and mentoring networks among women linked to STEM areas.
• To create links with other women's organizations in the country and the world.
• Promote changes in public policies that lead to gender parity in all areas of society.

Mission

The mission of the STEM women's group of the engineering faculty of the Universidad del Valle is to promote the participation of women in areas of science and technology in order to contribute to the achievement of gender parity throughout society.

Vision

To be recognized as a leading group at the national and international level in supporting women to become involved in and actively contribute to the areas of science and technology.

Lines of Action and Work Fronts of the STEM Women's Group of Universidad del Valle

Teachers

• Visibility of women faculty achievements
• Mentor Teacher Program - Teachers
  
  

Applicants

• Student-Applicant Mentoring Program
• Women's Referent Program (Schools, Ministry of National Education, Red papaz)
  
  

Students

• Alumni Mentoring Program - Students
• Involvement of female students in research groups
  
  

Graduates

• Alumni Mentoring Program - Alumni - Professors
• STEM Entrepreneurship Programs
  
  

Other Networks

• Belonging to a National STEM Women's network
• Belonging to an international network of STEM women
  
  

Activities developed by the Women's STEM Group of Universidad del Valle

Discussions

• Engineering week conference "There is a deficit of women in STEM careers to address the 4th industrial revolution".
• Participation in the "Competitiveness and training for a smart city" Invest Pacific and the Mayor's Office of Santiago de Cali.
• Participation in the discussion "Women in STEM: challenges, policies and experiences" of the Center of thought for the strengthening of leadership and empowerment of Colombian women in STEM National University of Colombia.
• Participation in tecnofest 2020 "Participation of women in science and technology".
• Conversation: How do we promote a greater and better participation of women in the world of engineering?
• Conference: The challenge of women in cybersecurity
• Talk to secondary school teachers: "How to encourage girls interest in science and technology".
  

Interviews

• Interview with Emily Carvajal, graduate of the systems engineering program.

How to be part of the Universidad del Valle STEM Women's Group

• Join the mentoring program.
• Join the collaborative network of women engineers
• Work on committees to:
• Design campaigns to promote STEM careers (volunteers per program).
• Design an outreach campaign to schools
• Design experiences (workshops/contests/marathons) to promote the participation of young people in engineering programs, seek corporate sponsorship for incentives.
  
  

If you want to be an active part of the STEM Women's Group of the School of Engineering, please fill out the following form: