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The numbers don't lie. But WE can change them

A movement born from urgency. Fuelled by possibility.

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Why this movement exists

Space Girls was born from a simple but powerful observation: the future is being built in laboratories, clean rooms, server farms and mission control centres — and women are largely absent from those rooms.
This isn't about capability. It never was. It's about access, visibility, bias and broken systems. We exist to help fix that.

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The Statistics (Sources: UNESCO, WEF, UIS 2024–2025)

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The share of women among STEM graduates globally — a figure that has not improved in over ten years. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2024
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The percentage of STEM jobs held by women across G20 countries. Source: UNESCO, Changing the Equation, 2024
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Women's share of the global STEM workforce — compared to 47% in non-STEM fields. Source: World Economic Forum, 2024
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The share of leadership positions in STEM held by women. Source: UNESCO, 2025
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The share of women in STEM who report experiencing sexism, harassment or gender-based violence as a top challenge in their career. Source: UNESCO, Changing the Equation, 2024
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The proportion of researchers who are women in some countries. Source: UNESCO, 2025

Why it matters

STEM careers are the jobs of the future — driving innovation, economic growth and solutions to the world's greatest challenges. When women are missing from those roles, we all lose.

Artificial intelligence trained without diverse inputs produces biased results. Medical research conducted without female perspectives misses half the population. Engineering solutions designed by homogeneous teams solve only part of the problem.
Diversity in STEM is not just a social issue. It is a scientific one.

What Space Girls does about it

See it, Be it

We highlight professional women across STEM to prove that if you can see it, you can be it.
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From the health of our oceans to the logic of our code, find your place in the STEM frontier.
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The equation needs to change. Be part of it.

Whether you're a student taking your first physics class, a professional looking for community, or an organisation ready to invest in the next generation — Space Girls is for you.

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