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Co-creation of BootCamps focused on promoting STEM

Abstract:

This work shows the results obtained in the execution of a group of workshops oriented to the attraction of women to the STEM branches in the context of the European project W-STEM, which has the objective of establishing mechanisms and strategies that influence in the policies of gender equality, focusing mainly in the attraction, access, and orientation of women in the STEM careers offered in Latin American universities. The strategy adopted for the definition of the action plan for gender equality in STEM careers by the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), initially due to the project and a view of its long-term sustainability, is based on co-creation. In particular, a co-creation approach has been applied to diagnose the situation with the same students and, on the other hand, to design more inclusive and collaborative workshops and bootcamps that allow students to know the STEM areas through collaboration, experimentation, and application to the resolution of real problems of their environment posed in the format of challenges.