Mentoring women in STEM: empowering through social technologies for enhanced inclusivity and professional growth. A case study
The use of social technologies for on-line training of women in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) areas was explored for empowering women. Here, a case study on the implementation of a mentoring program focused on fostering the professional careers of women from the Juarez Autono...
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| author | Coral J. Pacheco Figueroa Mayra A. Alvarez Lemus |
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| description | The use of social technologies for on-line training of women in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) areas was explored for empowering women. Here, a case study on the implementation of a mentoring program focused on fostering the professional careers of women from the Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco (UJAT), at the southeast of Mexico is presented. By means of an international initiative from the British Council, 32 participants were trained as mentors and mentees at UJAT, and further matched to accomplish a 3 months mentoring relationship. Throughout the sessions, the participants’ advances in soft skills (assertiveness, networking, leadership, active listening, self-confidence, ability to set SMART objectives, among others) were analyzed, showing how the use of social technologies promoted the professional development of women through empowerment as a strategy for reducing the gender gap in scientific and technological careers in Latin America. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-10301704ca204ee0b459a3041f848c112025-02-07T06:49:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2025-02-011010.3389/feduc.2025.15121431512143Mentoring women in STEM: empowering through social technologies for enhanced inclusivity and professional growth. A case studyCoral J. Pacheco Figueroa0Mayra A. Alvarez Lemus1Academic Division of Biological Sciences, Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Villahermosa, MexicoLaboratory of Bioassays and Environmental Tests, Academic Division of Engineering and Architecture, Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Cunduacán, MexicoThe use of social technologies for on-line training of women in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) areas was explored for empowering women. Here, a case study on the implementation of a mentoring program focused on fostering the professional careers of women from the Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco (UJAT), at the southeast of Mexico is presented. By means of an international initiative from the British Council, 32 participants were trained as mentors and mentees at UJAT, and further matched to accomplish a 3 months mentoring relationship. Throughout the sessions, the participants’ advances in soft skills (assertiveness, networking, leadership, active listening, self-confidence, ability to set SMART objectives, among others) were analyzed, showing how the use of social technologies promoted the professional development of women through empowerment as a strategy for reducing the gender gap in scientific and technological careers in Latin America.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2025.1512143/fullmentoringSTEMnetworkingmenteesmentorssocial technologies |
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| title | Mentoring women in STEM: empowering through social technologies for enhanced inclusivity and professional growth. A case study |
| title_full | Mentoring women in STEM: empowering through social technologies for enhanced inclusivity and professional growth. A case study |
| title_fullStr | Mentoring women in STEM: empowering through social technologies for enhanced inclusivity and professional growth. A case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mentoring women in STEM: empowering through social technologies for enhanced inclusivity and professional growth. A case study |
| title_short | Mentoring women in STEM: empowering through social technologies for enhanced inclusivity and professional growth. A case study |
| title_sort | mentoring women in stem empowering through social technologies for enhanced inclusivity and professional growth a case study |
| topic | mentoring STEM networking mentees mentors social technologies |
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