NASA Joins White House in Addressing Gender Equality Achievements, Challenges

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Jun 13, 2016, 02:43 ET

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a conversation from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, at NASA Headquarters in Washington on pathways for women and girls into science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) academic programs and careers. The event, Engaging Women and Girls in STEM through Data Science, will air on NASA Television and stream live on the agency's website.

U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith will join the discussion with NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman, Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan, and others who are working at the community level to find out how they are empowering women and girls to use data science to tackle real-world, and out-of-this-world, problems through international data challenges and other data science initiatives.

This event is part of the United State of Women Summit, a large-scale effort convened by the White House Council on Women and Girls to rally advocates of gender equality, highlight what has been achieved, identify remaining challenges, and chart a course for addressing them.

For more information on the United State of Women Summit, go to:

http://www.theunitedstateofwomen.org/

Participate in the conversation on social media using the hashtag #StateofWomen, and following on Twitter at:

https://twitter.com/USWomen2016

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

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