{"id":5816,"date":"2024-05-15T15:31:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T07:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/?p=5816"},"modified":"2024-07-15T16:13:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T08:13:35","slug":"asean-india-women-scientists-conclave-discusses-overcoming-barriers-for-women-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/asean-india-women-scientists-conclave-discusses-overcoming-barriers-for-women-in-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"ASEAN-India Women Scientists Conclave Discusses Overcoming Barriers for Women in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/soo-hwang-teo-714b7142\/?originalSubdomain=my\">Professor Datin Paduka Dr Teo Soo-Hwang FASc<\/a>, ASM Fellow and Chief Scientific Officer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.my\/\">Cancer Research Malaysia<\/a>, represented Malaysia in the <a href=\"https:\/\/akademisainsmy-my.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/g\/personal\/nazmi_lao_akademisains_gov_my\/EeT8AMEKRclPjcBAyjMchxQBYvrRxAJcYcOWqXwufqFP1g\">ASEAN-India Women Scientists Conclave<\/a> at the panel discussion on &#8220;How to overcome systemic barriers that hinder women&#8217;s participation in STEM globally&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Teo highlighted that women and girls often find academic science or winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/\">Nobel prizes<\/a> unrelatable. 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