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Minor Issues: What needs to be done to get more daughters into Stem careers

Unfortunately, the unequal standing of women in Stem has not seen the same breakthroughs as medicine.

ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO

Abel Ang

SINGAPORE – For parents of daughters considering a career in Stem, I am sure that by now you have read, or heard about,

which called out how fewer than one in four women in these industries “believe they have support to succeed”.

Stem stands for the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.