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WiSE Insights Africa - Volume 1, Number 1, April 2020
(Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI), 2020-04) Omari, Rose; Andoh, Harris
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Insights Africa is a quarterly Newsletter published by the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana. It is an advocacy tool for soliciting increased support for women’s participation in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It also aims to demystify STEM.
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WiSE Insights Africa - Volume 1, Number 2, June 2020
(Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI), 2020) Tetteh, Emmanuel; Andoh, Harris
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) selected eleven projects following a Call for Proposal on ‘Breaking Barriers to Women’s Participation in Science’. The main goal of the IDRC project is to identify and address systemic barriers that inhibit greater participation of women and other underrepresented groups in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The Science and Technology Policy Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI) in Ghana, is one of the recipients of the IDRC grant for the project “Women in Engineering Education and Careers in Benin and Ghana (WEEC-BG).” It is important to note that most systemic barriers in women’s participation in STEM exist as a result of institutional values, cultures, policies, and practices that implicitly or explicitly restrict the institutions from successfully attracting, recruiting, retaining, and promoting women scientists and other groups with a minority presence in STEM fields.
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WiSE Insights Africa - Volume 1, Number 4, December 2021
(Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI), 2021) Andoh, Harris; Akon-Yamga, Gordon; Omari, Rose
Seeing the role of female scientists and engineers in the national systems of innovation, science and technology, governments and universities in Africa have encouraged and have programmes in place for the increment of the number of females who study science and engineering at the post-secondary level. In Ghana, one such initiative was to lower the entry requirements for female applicants into universities and polytechnics in STEM programmes.
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WiSE insights Africa : beyond the bias & barriers - promoting the desire of women scientists
(2021-06) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research GH; Andoh, Harris; Omari, Rose; Kpera, Ir Gnanki Nathalie; Mensah, John
This third issue of ‘Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Insights Africa’ shines the spotlight on two exceptional women, a scientist and an engineer in Benin and Ghana, who have excelled in their professional careers over the years. Prof Dr. Sylvie Eliane Ghislaine Hounzangbe Adote is a female scientist from the Republic of Benin. She is an animal scientist and has worked with young scientists to mentor them. The other, Ing. Dr. Inyonam Kpekpena is a classic example of a Ghanaian female engineer who has excelled in engineering, one of the challenging fields of STEM. Dr. Kpekpena is a well recognized Network Engineer and a member of several professional bodies.
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Women in engineering education and careers in Benin and Ghana (WEEC-BG)
(2023-05-15) Omari, Rose; Kouevi, Augustin
This project sought to build robust evidence from Ghana and Benin on the nature of systemic barriers to the participation of females in engineering education and careers. In both countries, some policies and programmes have contributed to closing the gender gap in STEM education and careers, for example, in the biological sciences. The field of engineering, in both countries, still has low female representation. Thus, the general objective of the project was to contribute to bridging the gender gap in engineering education and careers in Ghana and Benin through primary data collection to make evidence informed policy recommendations. The specific objectives were to: (1) assess the trends in female participation in engineering courses in the higher education contexts of Ghana and Benin and careers over the past three decades, (2) identify the systemic barriers that limit the participation of females in engineering courses and careers, and (3) propose recommendations that can later be developed by the institutions under study into strategies for eliminating the barriers.
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Women in engineering education and careers in Benin and Ghana (WEEC-BG) : dissemination workshop
(2023) Ayeduvor, Selorm; Baah-Tuahene, Sylvia; Asabo, Rankine; Saaka, Fati
The purpose of the dissemination workshop was to share the findings of the project to stakeholders for inputs, especially on recommendations. The dissemination workshop brought together relevant public institutions, academia, researchers, students, professional associations and the private sector participants in the field of engineering. The workshop adopted a participatory approach where both participants and project team engaged equally. The project team started presentations on a background of the project; national policy environment for women in engineering education and careers in Ghana; female participation in engineering education and careers: the trends and enablers; barriers to engineering careers; barriers in higher education: teaching and learning; barriers in engineering education in Ghana and presentation of key recommendations. In the breakout session, participants were put into six groups which include, basic and SHS teachers, academia, researchers, other engineering practitioners, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and students. The groups later presented the outcome of their group discussions in a plenary.
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Women in engineering education and careers in Benin and Ghana (WEEC-BG) : fact sheet
(2023) Omari, Rose; Tetteh, Emmanuel
The main objective of the project is to contribute to bridging the gender gap in engineering in Ghana and Bénin through original research and policy recommendations. Specifically, the project seeks to provide strong evidence of trends in female participation in engineering education and careers over the past decades, provide insights into the impacts of policies and practices, and identify recommendations for closing the gender gap in engineering and STEM in general. This fact sheet highlights the key findings of the Ghana study.