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Thursday 16 June 2022

Fourth SuperNova event will be taking place soon

ORANJESTAD - On June 13,
2022, The Prime Minister
of Aruba, Evelyn Wever-
Croes, held a press confer-
ence at the site of FUTURA
to announce another initia-
tive of SuperNova for girls
about STEM.

SuperNova contributes
to and stimulates gender
equality as indicated in
SDG 5, which guarantees
that no one is left behind.
The Prime Minister empha-
sized the importance and
priority, as female Prime
Minister, wherever possible,
to create more opportu-
nities and possibilities for
women and girls.

The pandemic hurt the
world, but women and chil-
dren were mostly affected.
The Prime Minister empha- vancements made in the that the jobs in the STEM ing globally in comparison place on June 18, 2022,
sized that support for this past. sector (Science, Technol- to other sectors. Thus is very for girls between 6 and 9
group is essential to make ogy, Engineering, and important to motivate and years old. This year's sub-
up for the loss of the ad- The Prime Minister stated Mathematics) are increas- prepare our girls to explore ject: STEM (Science, Tech-
STEM. nology, Engineering, and
Mathematics.q
“Not all girls will pursue a
spark of interest and intro- ARUBA
career in the STEM sector.
But we can start a unique

duce them to this sector CLEAN
and show them that STEM
is an attractive sector with
many possibilities for girls.

Historically, this sector has
been mainly dominated by
men. But slowly, we are no-
ticing a change, although
not in balance yet. That is
why the Government sup-
ports this SuperNova and IS MORE
hopes to see many girls
participating. The fourth DUSHI
SuperNova event takes