PR News Wire – Staff Writer
“World leaders are here at the United Nations to approve a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that address fundamental challenges for the world in the coming years. The empowerment of women and the eradication of poverty are among those goals. These two goals are linked by a common solution: access to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, also known as STEM. In general, education for women and girls is one of the fundamental challenges of our generation. Today, more than 62 million girls are not in school. In poorer societies, women generally have a hard time realizing their potential. For young women in developing countries, STEM education has proven to be a remedy to barriers that stymie equality and perpetuate poverty. Bridging the gap in inequality between men and women can be solved by implementing STEM fields for young women around the globe.”(more)