The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated annually on 11th February by the United Nations General Assembly. The day focuses on the reality that science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
The theme for this year is ‘Bringing Everyone Forward for Sustainable and Equitable Development.’ The students of class 11 of Vidya Vikas Academy conducted a special assembly to highlight the contribution of women and girls in STEM fields. A short act was performed by the students of 11B on the life of Rajendir Jeet Hans Gill to show how she tackled gender inequalities to achieve success.
The assembly was concluded with a message that gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls is important to make a crucial contribution not only to economic development of the world, but to progress across all the goals and targets of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, as well.
Coordinator – Criselle D’Souza
