Brownies to learn coding in bid to involve more girls in technology
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from on (#5YMT5)
Research shows more than half of girls think science and technology careers are preserve of boys
Brownies are to learn coding and Guides will investigate chatbots in a bid to shift stubborn attitudes among girls that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) careers are just for boys.
The drive to engage thousands more girls in technology comes after research by Girlguiding found more than half (52%) of girls and women between the ages of 11 and 21 believed that Stem was for boys. The strength of feeling is unchanged since 2016.
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