IEEE and Girl Scouts Partner to Get Girls Into STEM

The percentage of women working in science, technology, engineering, and math fields continues to remain stubbornly low. Women made up 28 percent of the STEM global workforce last year, according to the World Economic Forum.

IEEE and many other organizations conduct outreach programs targeting preuniversity girls and college-age women, and studies show that one of the most powerful ways to encourage girls to consider a STEM career is by introducing them to female role models in such fields. The exposure…