Youth Data Scientist Inspiring Speech on Youth & Gender Equity in Science & Technology

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Youth Representative Stacey Mdala spoke at the General Assembly. She is a data Scientist from Malawi.

She urged “each and every one of us to make a deliberate efforts in supporting us young people to continuing our diversities, protecting us against all forms of discrimination and harassment because we want to be heard.”

Mdala also urged leaders to “invest in women and girls, women and girls in engineering, in science, in math.”

“We want equity in allocation of these resources. And we want equality in all these opportunities. Last empower young women and girls. Let us be their allies or not opponents. Let us support them and not precede them,” she conclude.

Screenshot Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías
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