MARCH FOR SCIENCE

Scientists, students, and researchers protested against Donald Trump’s threats of budget cuts. The advocates rallied on Earth Day in order to convey a global message of scientific freedom without political interference and to promote the necessary spending to make future breakthroughs possible. The March for Science is a celebration of science. It praises and defends science and its integrity. It is […]

WOMEN CHANGE THE WORLD. STAY IN STEM.

Today is International Women’s Day. In some countries, this holiday involves women receiving flowers and gifts from all the men in their lives; however, in others, women will protest and demand policy changes–particularly in the nations where women’s rights are newly under threat. For instance, in the United States, women are going on strike in […]

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Today, Donald Trump signed an anti-abortion executive order that has severe and far-reaching consequences for women’s reproductive health access worldwide. Trump reinstated the Mexico City policy, also known as the global gag rule, which was first put in place by Ronald Reagan in 1984. It prohibits giving United States funding to international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that […]

WHY IT IS CRUCIAL TO GET MORE WOMEN INTO SCIENCE

Today, millions of women gathered in Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and around the world to stand up for women’s rights and protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. The presidency of Donald Trump threatens the rights and liberties of all women in the United States of America: black women, white women, native women, poor women, […]