GIRL POWER: Maddy Baumanis (far right), a former Galen Catholic College student now studying biomedical science at Latrobe University, at the launch of the Women and Girls in STEM Map late last week with (from left) science student Devinie Galpotthage-Don, Swinburne University of Technology Dean of Science Professor Virginia Kilborn, Minister for Innovation, Medical Research and the Digital Economy Jaala Pulford, and Victoria's lead scientist Dr Amanda Caples.
VICTORIAN girls, including those in Wangaratta, are leading a drive to create greater gender balance in enrolment and career opportunities in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) fields.
Despite advancements, girls and women are still vastly under-represented in STEM fields in Australia; a 2020 study found that only 28 per cent of tertiary students studying STEM fields were women, wh...
