{"id":55,"date":"2016-03-15T17:33:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T17:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/folkestone\/?p=55"},"modified":"2016-08-14T00:06:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T23:06:18","slug":"skirting-science-event-marking-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/folkestone\/2016\/03\/15\/skirting-science-event-marking-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Skirting Science Event marking International Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_000.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64\" src=\"\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_000-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"File_000\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_000-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_000.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_002.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-66\" src=\"\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_002-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"File_002\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_002-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_002.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Folkestone Soroptimists joined in the celebrations to mark International Women\u2019s Day (Tuesday 8 March 2016) by partnering with the Folkestone\u2019s Creative Quarter and their Women of the World Festival (WoW!).<\/p>\n<p>The club are grateful to the Quarterhouse for curating and hosting the Skirting Science event to encourage girls to think about careers which embrace the STEM subjects \u2013 Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.\u00a0It was attended by approximately 50 girls from local schools in years 9 and 10.<\/p>\n<p>The day started with a keynote address from Ann-Marie Imafidon co-founder of Stemettes an organisation which inspires the next generation of females into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) fields by showing them the amazing women already in STEM via a series of panel events, hackathons, exhibitions, and mentoring schemes.\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stemettes.org\">www.stemettes.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The girls then split into workshops which delivered by young women all working in their chosen field of STEM which areas such as Soil Sciences, Environmental Health, Physics, Clinical Psychology, Air Pollution. There was also a session on \u201calternative routes and overcoming obstacles and determination\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day staff accompanying the girls commented how worthwhile it had been and we were asked whether there would be a similar event next year!<\/p>\n<p>Jan Doyle<\/p>\n<p>Programme Action Officer\u00a0SI Folkestone<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_005.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-69 size-medium\" src=\"\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_005-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"File_005\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_005-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_005.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-68\" src=\"\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_004-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"File_004\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_004-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/folkestone\/files\/2016\/03\/File_004.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credits: Lou Johnson \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loujohnsonphoto.co.uk\">www.loujohnsonphoto.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folkestone Soroptimists joined in the celebrations to mark International Women\u2019s Day (Tuesday 8 March 2016)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":619,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,5,7,4],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-creative-quarter","tag-folkestone","tag-international-womens-day","tag-wow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Skirting Science Event marking International Women&#039;s Day  | News | Blog | Events | SI Folkestone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Folkestone : Blog &amp; News : Skirting Science Event marking International Women&#039;s Day  : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Folkestone . 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