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Girls’ education

in STEM in Africa

3 5 % STEM higher education students

Source: UIS, UNESCO 2017 Cracking the Code: Girls’ and Women’s Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Paris, UNESCO

Source: UIS, UNESCO 2017 Cracking the Code: Girls’ and Women’s Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Paris, UNESCO

Females Males

68 55 27 28

32 45 73 72

Health and welfare Natural science, mathematics and

statistics

Engineering, manufacturing and

construction

Information and communication

technologies

16 16 16 16

17 17

21 23 23 23

24 32

33 33

35 37

38 42 42

46 58

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Benin Mali

Ghana Cabo Verde

Mozambique Niger

Seychelles Burundi

Kenya Madagascar

Congo Rwanda

Côte d'Ivoire Lesotho Namibia

South Africa Cameroon

Mauritania DRC

Burkina Faso Zimbabwe

% Female ICT

Contests & competitions Role models &

career orientations

STEM camps & mentorship opportunities

Policy and legislation Data and evidence Teacher training

STEM EDUCATION IN AFRICA

GENDER AND STEM

EDUCATION

LEADERSHIP FOR GENDER-RESPONSIVE

STEM EDUCATION

GENDER-RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY

GENDER-RESPONSIVE

TEACHING AND

LEARNING RESOURCES

DIGITAL SKILLS AND ICT

INTEGRATION IN STEM

EDUCATION

Burkina Faso Burundi

Cameroon Chad

Comoros Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Ethiopia Ghana Kenya

Madagascar Mali Niger

Nigeria Rwanda Senegal

Seychelles Tanzania Zambia

314 participants

21 countries

17

Source: WorldFish, 2014 Gender Equality Now: https://youtu.be/4viXOGvvu0Y

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