UN Deputy Secretary-General promotes STEM education for women to advance digital banking in Nigeria

Mohammed emphasized the long-standing barriers to women's job advancement in STEM fields.Amina Mohammed, the deputy secretary-general of the UN, has emphasized the urgent need to educate more girls in STEM subjects to improve access to digital banking services in Nigeria.In her keynote speech for the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN)'s 40th anniversary celebration in 2023, she made this observation. On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, the conference was conducted in Abuja with the theme "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Engineering: Embracing Vision, Amplifying Voices, and Shaping the Future." In her virtual speech, Mohammed discussed the difficulties faced by women in engineering, emphasizing how preconceptions have historically prevented women from advancing professionally in STEM fields.