Malaga, November 19 (Europe Press) –
One hundred girls of different ages gathered on Saturday at the University of Malaga to be part of the latest edition of Oracle4Girls, an initiative that seeks to increase women’s interest in science.
Thus, the workshops were developed by age groups, from ages 4 to 16, where they experienced first-hand what it means to develop a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); That is, science, technology, engineering or mathematics, for short in English.
Among the activities carried out, the first steps were taken in programming for the youngest participants, through the development of programmable music, even the participation in the creation of a video game. All this with the aim of getting closer to these races on a daily basis.
At the same time, the University of Malaga and Oracle Corporation gave a lecture to the parents of the participating girls in order to understand the current situation and career opportunities for the future, and encourage their daughters to enhance their technological spirit.
Manuel Encizo, Director of the ETSI Informatics Institute at the University of Malaga, participated in this talk. Sofia Schneider, Oracle Malaga Office Manager and Sales Director of Cloud Systems Snr, as well as Maryam Shendied, Cloud Systems Solutions Architect at Oracle.
This initiative arose because in these STEM jobs, the percentage of women is much lower compared to the number of men. Specifically, according to the OIS report, it is only 13%. In this case, the University of Malaga, Malaga TechPark, Ingeniera Soy, Oracle Academy, and Oracle Women’s Leadership Malaga Program, among others, have participated.
Oracle4girls is an initiative born in 2017 with the goal of inspiring girls to study technology majors. The program is based on activities where various artistic workshops are held for girls between the ages of four and sixteen. More than 2,300 girls have attended more than 200 workshops organized so far, 90 of which were organized online during the pandemic.
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