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ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Advocates: 11. Anne Chisa

Posted on October 13, 2020October 12, 2020 by Stephanie

Anne Chisa

Location: South Africa

Anne is a PhD candidate in agricultural science and teaching assistant at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She started the Root of Science podcast to share the experiences of Africans in STEM and allow them to talk about their research. She is also a correspondent for Visibility STEM Africa and a fellow of the Black Women in Science Network (BWIS).

You can follow her work here:

Twitter: @Annelinda_c
Facebook: facebook.com/anne.chisa
Instagram: @rootofscipod
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anne-chisa
Website: linktr.ee/RootofSciencePodcasts

Further reading

• Anne Chisa, 1MWIS
• Studying in South Africa as an African – Part 1, Anne Chisa, Visibility STEM Africa, 20 January 2020
• UKZN Student Promotes Visibility of Africans in STEM, Christine Cuénod, UKZNDABA Online, 14 February 2020
• PROFILE: Anne Chisa, a podcaster giving a voice to Africans in STEM, We Rep STEM, 13 April 2020
• Anne Chisa- The Root of the Science Podcast (video), Real Talk Radio with G., 1 June 2020
• Meet Africans in STEAM, Paige Jarreau, Lifeology, 11 June 2020
• Retrospection (podcast), Her Royal Science, 26 August 2020

ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Organisations: 11. Femafricmaths

Posted on October 13, 2020October 12, 2020 by Stephanie

Femafricmaths

Location: Ghana

Femafricmaths is a network of African female mathematicians inspiring young girls to pursue careers in maths. They interview female mathematicians to highlight the variety of career options available to girls studying maths, and also provide educational sessions under the Y3p3maths project.

You can follow their work here:

Twitter: @femafricmaths
Facebook: facebook.com/femafricmaths
Instagram: @femafricmaths
YouTube: Femafricmaths
Website: femafricmaths.github.io

Further reading

• Breathtaking ScienceSlamGh Comes Off With A Bang, Kwaku Nyantakyi, Gh Scientific, 20 Feburary 2019
• Meet the ‘Queen’ who wants to use maths to solve problems in her village, GhanaWeb, 3 May 2019
• The ‘Calculus Connection’: The Mentoring Story of Dr. Angela Tabiri, Sanatu Zambang, 16 December 2019
• Presenting GH4STEM 100 ChangeMaker: Dr Angela Tabiri, Femafricmaths #GH4STEM, WeGo Innovate, 3 February 2020

ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Advocates: 10. Dr Mirjana Pović

Posted on October 13, 2020October 12, 2020 by Stephanie

Dr Mirjana Pović

Location: Ethiopia/Spain

Mirjana is an astrophysicist and assistant professor at the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute who studies galaxy formation, and works to encourage secondary school girls in Ethiopia to choose STEM subjects. In 2018, she won the Nature Research Inspiring Science Award for not only her research on galaxies, but her efforts to promote STEM in Africa, including collaborating with the Society of Ethiopian Women in Science and Technology.

You can follow her work here:

Podcast: nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07412-y
Website: wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjana_Povic

Further reading

• Shortlisted for the Inspiring Science Award: Mirjana Pović (video), Nature Research, 4 September 2018
• Meet the space researcher smoothing the path for women in science across Africa, Amber Dance, Nature, 30 October 2018
• Estée Lauder Honors Female Scientists, Happi, 14 November 2018
• These 10 Women In STEM Are Making History Right Now, JR Thorpe, Bustle, 20 March 2019

ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Organisations: 10. Waffle

Posted on October 13, 2020October 12, 2020 by Stephanie

Waffle

Location: Japan

Waffle works to close the gender gap by empowering and educating women in technology, and challenging gender stereotypes about who can code. They hold an online camp that teaches web development and programming, hackathons and bootcamps for high school girls, and partner the Technovation Girls app contest. They also contribute to public policy on gender equality.

You can follow their work here:

Twitter: @Waffle_org
Facebook: facebook.com/Waffle.org
Website: waffle-waffle.org

Further reading

• SDGs x programming! 100 Japanese high school girls gather at a hackathon (original in Japanese), Sayaka Kano, Impress Watch, 14 January 2020
• This person: Sayaka Tanaka, Waffle CEO (original in Japanese), Japan Women’s Learning Foundation, February 2020
• The presence of familiar women becomes a role model. Aiming for a future in which high school girls contribute to society through IT (original in Japanese), Masao Niitsuma, Impress Watch, 7 August 2020
• Waffle submitted public comment to Minister Hashimoto on the 5th Basic Plan for Gender Equality, Jiji Press, October 2020

ALD Online 2020 Women in STEM Advocates: 9. Sophia Njeri Murage

Posted on October 13, 2020October 12, 2020 by Stephanie

Sophia Njeri Murage

Location: Kenya/Netherlands

Sophia is a solutions engineer who is passionate about applying technology to geography. She was a designer and had responsibility for overseeing the development of the 1st Kenyan Nano-satellite, and in 2017, was a speaker at the Young Africa Space Engineers Global panel discussion. She is a co-founder and technical lead at Women in GIS Kenya, a network for women in geospatial science and technology.

You can follow her work here:

Twitter: @MurageSophia & @WiGISKe
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/snmurage
GitHub: SophiaNM
Website: wigis.co.ke

Further reading

• Sophia Njeri Murage, Storymaps
• For the rural farmer, does big data raise more questions than answers?, Sophia Murage, Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, 12 April 2018
• How small acts became big movements towards inclusivity, Morgan Crowley, Medium, 5 March 2020
• In conversation with Women in GIS Kenya, Caroline Akoth, Group on Earth Observations, 8 June 2020
• Women Data Scientists Created GPS-Driven App to Help Kenya Keep Covid-19 Numbers Low, Jacksonville Free Press, 14 September 2020