Full ‘STEAM’ ahead for women in the Bahamas (The Tribune)

Jan. 15, 2019 – The Tribune

Equality Bahamas featured in The Tribune on January 15, 2019.

From The Tribune:

Tomorrow’s instalment of Women’s Wednesday at the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas will place special focus on women excelling in areas of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics (STEAM).

Women’s Wednesday is presented by Equality Bahamas with the aim of removing the gap between women experts, practitioners and service providers.

Joining the panel at the event tomorrow will be D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika, a Canada-based engineer and co-founder of Bahamas Engineering and Technology Advancement; electronic engineer T’Shera Gaitor; Zemi Stewart, a business analyst and author of mathematics workbooks; Nowé Harris-Smith, a visual artist and junior high school art teacher; Jillian Bethel, an ob/gyn turned blockchain technology entrepreneur, and Janay Pyfrom, founder of FindrPro.

These women will share their experiences and what they have learned along the way, comment on trends and areas in the country in dire need of trained professionals in STEAM. It will take place tomorrow beginning at 6pm.

“Women’s Wednesdays is primarily a response to women’s request for greater and more frequent access to information and resources, from personal financial management and building healthy relationships to self-care and bystander intervention training,” said Alicia Wallace.

“It is also changing the way panels and similar sessions are held by centering the people in attendance and intentionally offering them more time to share ideas, ask questions, generally contribute to the conversation based on their own knowledge and experiences and actively resisting the division between expert and audience,” she told Tribune Woman.

Women’s Wednesdays started in May 2017 following the overwhelming response to Equality Bahamas’ first annual International Women’s Day March & Expo.