{"id":5443,"date":"2023-03-06T09:18:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T08:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weybridge\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2023-07-26T08:18:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T07:18:41","slug":"educate-girls-access-prosperity-reduce-gender-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weybridge\/2023\/03\/06\/educate-girls-access-prosperity-reduce-gender-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Educate Girls &#8211; Access Prosperity &amp; Reduce Gender Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">#IWD2023 is not just one day&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weybridge\/2023\/03\/03\/un-soroptimists-globally-elevate-and-advance-gender-parity-in-technology\/iwd_embrace_equity-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5435\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weybridge\/files\/2023\/03\/IWD_Embrace_Equity-1-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weybridge\/files\/2023\/03\/IWD_Embrace_Equity-1-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/weybridge\/files\/2023\/03\/IWD_Embrace_Equity-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Technology is way too important for women to be excluded from its development and use. Encourage all girls to study school subjects like mathematics, single sciences, technology, programming and keep doors open at &#8216;A&#8217; level and for university access, it allows girls to access knowledge and exciting well paid STEM careers and prosper, enabling other women&#8217;s success in health, wealth and wisdom. Challenge stereotypes, girls should aim high and follow their dreams, so many don&#8217;t have the chance yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Educate,educate,educate to succeed. Soroptimist bywords. Our SIGBI Soroptimist Diamond Education Grant helps women work returners to retrain and update skills in technology. Club STEM Soroptimist bursaries and grants\/prizes enable girls from disadvantaged background to access help and finances.https:\/\/sigbi.org\/what-we-do\/our-charities\/deg\/ <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Mary,\u00a0 a teacher, a Trustee in education and a soroptimist bared the cold today to put up posters in Stoke D&#8217;Abernon ahead of International Women&#8217;s Day. Mary joined our club after seeing a poster last year, we hope to attract more like minded women with experience, common sense, and aq passion to help to join us.You don&#8217;t need any qualifications, come along and meet us for a taster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">We stand up for women and girls worldwide. Get in touch to learn more. Share this post to start conversations with girls and young women about the importance of school subject choices so relevant at this time of year. 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