{"id":375405,"date":"2017-11-19T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=375405"},"modified":"2017-11-19T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T13:14:59","slug":"turning-point-urges-jhs-girls-to-adopt-careers-in-science-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/turning-point-urges-jhs-girls-to-adopt-careers-in-science-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Point urges JHS girls to adopt careers in science, technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
Turning Point Advocacy, a non-governmental organization that focuses on child literacy, STEM education for girls, and women economic empowerment in the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipality of the Western Region, is admonishing final year Junior High School(JHS) girls in the municipality to take up careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.<\/p>\n
This, according to the Founder of Turning Point Advocacy, Dr. Naa Dedei Tagoe Mantey, will increase the dwindling number of women in science related studies in Ghana.<\/p>\n
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Women are more than men in Ghana. However, the relatively insignificant number of them in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, leaves the tough engineering, technology and other fixes to the men; a situation that worries advocates of gender equality and threatens the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n
This phenomenon is attributed to some norms and traditions in Ghana which inherently suppresses women.<\/p>\n
It is against this backdrop, that Turning Point Advocacy has been offering career mentorship and empowerment to final year Junior High School girls in the Tarkwa-Nsueam municipality.<\/p>\n