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Empowering women and young people in STEM

Catherine Ngila, executive director of the African Foundation for Women and Youth in Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (AFoWYESTI), talks about her experience of academia and her hopes to promote diversity in STEM.

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Ngila, J.C., Greed, S. Empowering women and young people in STEM. Nat Rev Chem (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-024-00611-4

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