Support Organizations That Support Women

The best way to disseminate and find acknowledgment for women's achievements and works is by supporting existing organizations that already do. Below are a few of the many organizations that help women flourish in the STEM fields and also allows individuals to get involved.

 Girls Who Code

Girls Who Code is an organization that supports and encourages women in the computer science and technology fields. They aim for gender parity in the field. One of their goals is to provide computer science education and exposure to 1 million young women by 2020. Besides donating, there are also a number of ways to support and get involved in this organization. 

National Girls Collaborative Project

This organization acts as a bridge to connect other organizations supporting women. It is a collaboration of all the different kinds of organizations that support women in STEM and together develop and plan out programs for women. Through this collaboration, other organizations are put forth and made known. It also acts like a directory as it also created FabFems, a national database for women involved in the STEM field. Through FabFems, young girls and organizations looking for female role models and speakers may be eased. One way of helping NGCP is by donating for their mini-grant fund and collaborative support.

The Bug Chicks

The Bug Chicks is composed of two women entomologists namely Kristie Reddick and Jessica Hanaker. Together, they work to create an innovative way of teaching and delivering the science of anthropods to people. They can also be booked for their interactive workshops that help people gain exposure to the science and the women involved in it.


More at:
http://stemwire.org/2013/06/04/eight-organizations-promote-women-in-stem/

Women In Position, Need Power.

Even after years of strengthening the Magna Carta of Woman (R.A. 9710), women political and leadership participation still remains to be a problem here in the Philippines, and one of the reasons why more men are hired in firms and companies is because they do not offer maternal benefits in cases of pregnancy and the like. Based from the 16th Congress Fast Facts, a ratio of 6 women and 18 men are in position as senators, while 64 women and 170 men are in position as district representatives. It's a sad truth that despite the global population of women is 58%, only a few or small portion of them are being offered good careers--- careers that still experience injustice. Feminists in the Philippines or more known as the "Gabriela" movement still fight for women rights and opportunities to seek nothing more but equality. Imagine being in the place of females; after being granted education or possessing a hardworking spirit, it seems as if only you see your potential and capability-- how will you respond to this?

Celebrate International Women's Day on March 8!

Women and Men are Mentally EQUAL

Men and women are considered equal on the scale of mental strength. However, due to some prejudice that stems from several centuries ago, back when women where barely acknowledged as human beings, discrimination is still present today. Women are underestimated at best, and completely disregarded at worst. This is the reason why they are not as easily accepted as men are, and that men sometimes get all the credit despite the fact that a woman colleague may have contributed just as much, if not more, than they did.

A notable example would be how women are constantly underrepresented in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields. The occupation of scientists or engineers still belong to men, and while women had escaped the misconception that their skills are limited to changing Junior's diaper and massaging their husbands' calloused feet, they are still considered inferior. True, some women are not as mentally capable as some men in some aspects. However, it goes both ways. A woman can be smarter than a man, and vice-versa. It has does not really have anything to do with gender, just experience and the intellect that has accumulated over the years.