{"id":9124,"date":"2019-02-13T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T10:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/?p=9124"},"modified":"2019-02-13T13:43:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T12:43:42","slug":"more-than-1000-girls-and-boys-benefit-from-the-initiative-bring-a-female-scientist-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/en\/2019\/02\/more-than-1000-girls-and-boys-benefit-from-the-initiative-bring-a-female-scientist-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 1,000 Girls and Boys Benefit from the Initiative “Bring a Female Scientist to School”"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 1,000 girls and boys from the wider community of the Campus Gandia of the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia (UPV<\/strong>) benefit from the initiative “Bring a Female Scientist to School<\/strong>“, promoted by the Equality Commission of the Campus Gandia UPV<\/a><\/strong>, on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science<\/a><\/strong>.This anniversary is commemorated throughout the world on February 11th<\/strong>, under a United Nations declaration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Under this initiative, students and staff from the Campus Gandia will give talks and workshops<\/strong> in primary and secondary schools, where they will bring science closer to children and teenagers in an entertaining way<\/strong>.\u00a0Mathematics used for drawing, programming with Arduino, non-Newtonian fluids, acoustic pollution or marine biodiversity… these are some of the topics that will be covered.<\/p>\n

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Oliva, Xeresa, Tavernes de la Valldigna, Castell\u00f3 de Rugat, L’Alqueria de la Comtessa, R\u00f3tova… are some of the locations where the workshops will be held in the month of February and starting on Monday 11th.<\/p>\n

In addition, on Saturday, February 16th at 12.00 pm<\/strong> in the Gandia Casa de Cultura<\/strong>, the Campus Gandia Equality Commission is set to organize a free activity for families: a dramatized story followed by experiments, entitled “The Women Who Sent Us to the Moon”<\/strong>.\u00a0The activity is funded by the Cultural Actions Program of the UPV<\/strong>, with the support of the Local Council of Gandia<\/strong>.\u00a0The aim is to demonstrate that professions in the scientific, mathematical, technological and engineering fields are for both girls and boys.<\/p>\n

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“Starting with the story of the space scientist,\u00a0M\u00f3nica Grady<\/strong><\/a>, we share the feats of other super heroines, people who were, are and will be capable of great achievements in very hostile circumstances.\u00a0They all used mathematics as a super power and took on great unsolved problems with bravery and cunning”<\/strong>, according to the theater company “Los Gatos Con Batas”<\/strong> (Cats in Lab Coats<\/em>) , producers of the show.<\/p>\n

WITHOUT BARRIERS<\/p>\n

With these actions, the Campus adheres to the 11F national initiative that involves women and men who work in research, teaching and scientific communication in different institutions. “The reason is that, at present, women and girls find all kinds of barriers, sometimes quite subtle ones, that make their presence in science difficult<\/strong>,” they explain in the official initiative website, 11defebrero.org<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0This inequality is evident in the fields of studies chosen by girls and it becomes more acute as they advance in their scientific and technological careers.<\/p>\n

PIQUING AN INTEREST IN SCIENCE<\/p>\n

The activities promoted by Campus Gandia are aimed at highlighting figures and reinforcing the views in girls and boys that careers in science, mathematics, technology and engineering are made for both girls and boys<\/strong>. In addition, we want to do away with the fear of science and technology, since we believe that science and technology are the key to many of humanity’s present and future problems.<\/p>\n