The UK Government Launches ASEAN-UK SAGE Women in STEM Scholarships
The UK government, in collaboration with the ASEAN secretariat, launched the ASEAN-UK SAGE Women in STEM Scholarships in conjunction with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This initiative aims to address gender disparities in STEM education and employment within ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste, which enjoys observer status within the caucus.
While girls outperform boys in mathematics and science in primary and secondary education across ASEAN countries, a gender gap starts to appear in tertiary STEM education, with only 19.3% of women obtaining STEM degrees compared to 39.8% of men.
