“As a migrant or woman of colour in Stem you are already highlighted because you are that one person in the boardroom, so in your personal style you don’t want to stand out any further. “People try not to wear skirts or bright colours, and generally dress in black or office suits, not to draw any more attention to themselves,” Fernando says. Its goal is to challenge fashion norms migrants and women of colour are expected to follow in male-dominated Stem industries.Īs it stands now, trousers, long sleeves, dark colours and minimal adornment are the standard dress codes to which women in Stem are expected to conform. The latest of these is Dress to Impress, a digital panel discussion on Saturday as part of Melbourne fashion week. She now runs a host of initiatives ranging from mentoring programs and workshops to an online community and magazine. In 2017 Fernando established Stem Sisters to support and celebrate female international students and migrants working in Stem. “A lot of these women are lacking confidence in how they look and are perceived.” “Gender and racial bias play an integral role in this inequality, and act as barriers to the growth of women in colour in Stem,” says Fernando, who studies at Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities. The rate of unemployment for overseas-born, university-qualified Stem women who arrived in Australia after 2006 is 14.1%, compared with just 3.3% for Australian-born, university-qualified Stem women, according to the Australian Stem Workforce Report released in 2020 by the office of the chief scientist of Australia. Oh and here’s a caipirinha recipe! yum yum.Dr Ruwangi Fernando, founder of Stem Sisters. Sorry, Denver.Īnyway, hope you enjoy this one as much as I do! I think I just really miss the beach–the mountains just aren’t cutting it right now. So if you ever find yourself in a scene like this you better enjoy every second of it and ya know, maybe play this playlist.īut if you want to play this while you’re at home cooking dinner, or while hanging out with friends drinking wine, or any other scenario you could cook up, then by all means go for it. And music just like this, a little sultry, groovy, and laid back, plays in the background, mixing in with the sound of the waves.Īka you’re pretty sure no one has ever had such a perfect beach night before in their lives, and you’re probably right. You sip your caipirinhas, which you later learn is Brazilian drink (how worldly of you), and feel the balmy night air on your bare arms. You’re on the beach, with friends, and the moon is high up in the sky, really big and bright. Indulge me for a minute and let me paint the picture for you: You’re pretty sure it’s 2am, but you lost track of time awhile ago.
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