International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025
11 February 2025 - 11 February 2025
Region(s): nationwide
Type(s): national Events
On 11 February, the United Nations, partners worldwide, women and girls will mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
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.
Local events include Women and gender minorities in STEM.
NOTE: If you know of any related #WomenInSTEM events we have missed, please get in touch: enquiries@sciencelearn.org.nz we'd love top promote them.
Related content
See our series In Her Nature: New Zealand women changing the way we connect with the world around us, that explore New Zealand women working at the intersection of people and nature. These stories were a feature for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020.
The article Working as a scientist provides a brief overview of some of the many scientists featured on the Hub. Use it to discover some of the reasons people choose a science-related career and some of the things you can do if you are curious to begin a career in science.
See our recorded PLD webinar Explore Women in STEM – Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics.
Activity ideas
The activity Scientist introduction encourages students to take a closer look at a scientist’s background and work. Ask students to choose a scientist of interest to them from this article. Students can find out more about the scientists and their work by typing their names in the Hub’s search function. Use the questions in the activity as a beginning framework to ‘introduce’ the scientists to the class.
Do some blue-sky thinking about how and where tamariki and rangatahi might see themselves in the space industry. Can I work in the space industry? uses videos, statements and personal dispositions to explore their space in this growing industry.
Like graphic novels? To be a scientist is a ready-to-use cross-curricular teaching resource. It uses the Connected graphic biography Betty Batham: Biologist. Betty was a ground-breaking female scientist ahead of her time.
Useful links
Use these Pinterest boards we created for more profiles of people working in science.
The New Zealand Association for Women in the Sciences (AWIS) encourages women to use and develop their scientific abilities and to achieve their full potential.
The Women in STEM website was originally created by two year 13 students and features videos from various inspiring women working in STEM in New Zealand.
See the United Nations' International Day of Women and Girls in Science page and for more information, see www.womeninscienceday.org