Building the future of Latin America: Engaging women into STEM

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Building the future of Latin America: engaging women into STEM Funding: European Union. ERASMUS + Capacity-building in Higher Education Call for proposals EAC/A05/2017 Project type: European Coordinator: University of Salamanca Project leader: Francisco J. García Peñalvo Partners: Universidad del Norte Oulu University Politecnico di Torino Technological University Dublin Nothern Regional College Tecnológico de Monterrey Universidad de Guadalajara Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Universidad de Costa Rica Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja Universidad Técnica del Norte Reference: 598923-EPP-1-2018-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP Time: 15/01/2019 to 14/01/2022 Budget: 862.268€ Abstract: The participation of Women in STEM in the Latin-America region is a very complex problem in which necessarily call for actions from different actors, such as governments, private sector, families, as well the different levels of education (since childhood to higher education). In order to make concrete contribution, Higher Education Institutions need to focus on those needs and situations in which it has certain influence for making real progress, such as: Significant minority of Women choose and access to STEM programs at tertiary level. The lowest rates appears in science and engineering programs. Data is scarce, showing a need for analytical and systematic methods, which reflect actual participation of women in STEM at HEIs. Tertiary studies with a high math component such as STEM seem to be excluded from the studies options by girls in secondary schools. Lack of bridges between public policy and institutional actions led by HEIs. In this way, and aligned to the Erasmus + Capacity Building priority for improving management and operation of higher education, in terms of access to and democratization of Higher Education, the W‐STEM Project aims at Improving strategies and mechanisms of attraction, access and guidance of Women in Latin-American STEM Higher Education programs. For achieving this main objective, W-STEM project, will Measure the gender equality in enrolment and retention rates in STEM programs. Implement Universities’ policies, strategies and organizational mechanisms for improving attraction, access and guidance at undergraduate levels in STEM programs. Promote STEM studies vocation and choice in girls and young women in secondary schools as well as guidance in the first year of the STEM program. Develop an online training package for Higher Education Institutions to implement effective strategies to enhance attraction, access and guidance of Women in STEM programs.

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    Definition and Implementation of W-STEM Mentoring Network
    (CEUR-WS.org, 2023-01-13) García-Holgado, A.; Segarra-Morales, S.; González-Rogado, A. B.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.
    The lack of women in STEM careers is a problem that affects all higher education institutions, not only in Latin America but also in Europe and other regions of the world. Improving access, retention, and orientation mechanisms in universities is fundamental to ensure that more women interested in these areas effectively pursue a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. The W-STEM project seeks to establish strategies to improve these mechanisms in Latin American institutions. Since 2019, it has addressed the improvement of attraction, access, retention, and orientation mechanisms. The W-STEM Mentoring Network is part of these strategies. Specifically, it aims to empower women and encourage their active participation in STEM programmes. The mentoring model implemented uses a three-way relationship: a mentor teacher, a mentor-student and the mentee. The Network provides guidelines for the implementation of mentoring programmes, but each institution involved has adapted them to their contexts and needs according to their Gender Equality Action Plan. This paper describes the guidelines developed through a collaborative co-creation process involving all project institutions under the coordination of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (Ecuador) and the University of Salamanca (Spain).
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    Guía didáctica: Gender Equality in University Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
    (W-STEM Consortium, 2022-10-12) W-STEM Consortium
    Guía didáctica del curso abierto: Gender Equality in University Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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    Campañas de atracción W-STEM. Caso de la Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
    (W-STEM Consortium, 2022-10-12) Equipo W-STEM de la Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
    Las campañas de atracción de la Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (USM) dentro del proyecto W-STEM se realizan normalmente en el segundo semestre de cada año, es decir, entre los meses de agosto y noviembre, debido a que en el mes de diciembre los estudiantes que concluyen la enseñanza media deben presentar la prueba nacional para ingreso a la universidad (PDT). Las actividades que conforman estas campañas de atracción de estudiantes mujeres son: - Campamento STEM - Difusión de Testimonios, estudiantes, exestudiantes y profesoras - Programa de mujeres líderes - Ciclos de charlas motivacionales
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    W-STEM Sustainability Plan
    (W-STEM Consortium, 2022-10-12) W-STEM Consortium
    W-STEM Sustainability Plan W-STEM Consortium
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    Campañas de atracción W-STEM. Caso del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
    (W-STEM Consortium, 2022-10-12) ITCR
    Campañas de atracción W-STEM. Caso del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
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    D2.5.3 Framework para definir e implementar la red de mentorías W-STEM
    (W-STEM Consortium, 2022-10-15) García-Holgado, A.; Segarra-Morales, S.; González-Rogado, A. B.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.
    D2.5.3 Framework para definir e implementar la red de mentorías W-STEM
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    D2.2.2. Informe regional sobre la construcción de puentes entre las políticas públicas y las iniciativas institucionales, para mejorar la participación de las mujeres jóvenes en la STEM
    (W-STEM Consortium, 2022-10-12) García-Peñalvo, F. J.; Bello, A.; Domínguez, Á.; Romero Chacón, R.
    D2.2.2. Informe regional sobre la construcción de puentes entre las políticas públicas y las iniciativas institucionales, para mejorar la participación de las mujeres jóvenes en la STEM
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    D2.2.2. Regional Report on Building Bridges between Public Policy and Institutional initiatives, for improving Young Women participation in STEM
    (W-STEM Consortium, 2022-10-12) García-Peñalvo, F. J.; Bello, A.; Domínguez, Á.; Romero Chacón, R.
    D2.2.2. Regional Report on Building Bridges between Public Policy and Institutional initiatives, for improving Young Women participation in STEM
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    Gender mainstreaming in Engineering Education
    (Grupo GRIAL, 2022-09-21) García-Holgado, A.
    The invited keynote “Gender mainstreaming in Engineering Education” was held in SEFI Annual Conference on September 21, 2022, in Barcelona (Spain). The goal is present the need to improve the education for quality in the Engineering scope. The experiences are based on the work done in W-STEM ERASMUS + Capacity-building in Higher Education European Project (Ref. 598923-EPP-1-2018-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP) and CreaSTEAM ERASMUS + project (Ref. 2020-1-ES01-KA201-082601).
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    Reporte mentorías UTPL
    (W-STEM Consortium, 2022-07-17) Cuevas, S.
    El fomentar la participación de las mujeres en las carreras STEM es uno de los objetivos del proyecto W-STEM. El documento busca describir de una forma clara las etapas necesarias para el desarrollo de la mentorías, para lo cual se ha dividido en tres etapas: a) Etapa de planificación en la cual se describen las actividades previas al desarrollo de la mentoría; b) Etapa de desarrollo de las mentorías, en la cual se describirán las actividades que se desarrollaron con las mentoras y mentorizadas durante el semestre, y finalmente c) Etapa final, en la cual se describirán las acciones futuras que se han planificado para dar sostenibilidad al programa de mentorías. En cada uno de los apartados se describe un ejemplo de una universidad lo que permitirá una mejor comprensión del presente documento y de la forma en la cual se debe presentar el informe de cada universidad del consorcio.