• Organized by IBE-UNESCO, WISET
• Date Sat. (Sep. 21) 12:00 ~ 13:30
• Room 324, 3F
• Title The Global Gender Equality Imperative in STEM Education
• Speaker YOUNG SOOK YOO(Former Korean Minister of Environment), HYEYEON AHN(President of WISET), MMANTSTETSA MAROPE (DIRECTOR OF IBE-UNESCO), ANDREW MELTZOFF(Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Chair and Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington, United States)

IBE-UNESCO and WISET will hold a luncheon session on Saturday, 21 September 2019, on the importance of gender equality in STEM education. Challenges and opportunities on how to reduce current imbalances and underrepresentation of women and girls will be presented and critically discussed.

12:00-12:10
Opening and welcome remarks from Honorary Chairperson
Young Sook Yoo, Former Korean Minister of Environment

12:10-12:30
Korea’s Policy for Women in STEM
Hyeyeon Ahn, President of WISET

12:30-13:10
The Global Gender Equality Imperative in STEM Education
Mmantsetsa Marope, Director, UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE), Geneva, Switzerland

13:10-13:25
Andrew Meltzoff, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Chair and Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington, United States

13:25-13:30
Concluding remarks from Honorary Chairperson
Young Sook Yoo, Former Korean Minister of Environment


*Pre-registration : https://www.wiset.or.kr/event/20190826/index.jsp

*WISET webpage notice
https://www.wiset.or.kr/contents/information_view.jsp?sc_type=1&sc_page=1&pk_seq=30439&sc_tab=1&sc_cond=1&page=1 (In Korean)