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reopen NASA's WISH program for young women.
Recently, girls across the United States applied for WISH, a program run by NASA which was offered to junior girls who hoped to pursue careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, a field in which women are a scathing minority.
However, today an email from NASA to the applicants canceled the program as a result of complaints from male high school students who demanded to participate as well. There is nothing wrong with men and women working together to create innovations and better the world, but with men holding 76% of the jobs in STEM and the stigma surrounding women in science, programs to specifically encourage female participation are essential.
Please join in combating this discouraging act against women in the STEM field by reminding NASA what WISH was really about.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reopen-nasas-wish-program-young-women/v1rWVJC4
Recently, girls across the United States applied for WISH, a program run by NASA which was offered to junior girls who hoped to pursue careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, a field in which women are a scathing minority.
However, today an email from NASA to the applicants canceled the program as a result of complaints from male high school students who demanded to participate as well. There is nothing wrong with men and women working together to create innovations and better the world, but with men holding 76% of the jobs in STEM and the stigma surrounding women in science, programs to specifically encourage female participation are essential.
Please join in combating this discouraging act against women in the STEM field by reminding NASA what WISH was really about.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reopen-nasas-wish-program-young-women/v1rWVJC4
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Date: 2014-02-20 12:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-02-20 06:55 pm (UTC)I'll sign.