‘Top-down’ strategies for local problems sideline the very people they aim to help, says Thabiso Mashaba, These Hands co-founder, who wants leadership and development in Africa and abroad to take a more community-led approach.
There is growing awareness of discrimination and underrepresentation of minority groups in STEM. Carrie Boyce and her team of volunteers are standing up for a queerer STEM culture and setting the stage on fire.
While completing her master’s degree in South Africa, Anne Chisa discovered that she was surrounded by brilliant researchers. But few people had heard of them. So, she created a podcast to change that.
By connecting high-school students to robotics through play, Laila Berchane hopes to change the face of STEM education in Morocco.
Anna Dumitriu uses pathogens in her art, and helps to uncover new insights in biology through her unconventional collaborations.