Meet the young women dreaming high in a new UN Women-backed STEM scholarship

MANILA, Philippines – All over the world, women and girls in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields are an uncommon sight.

The Philippines is no different, and even has the widest STEM gender gap in the Asia Pacific region. 2023 data from LinkedIn found that just a little over 3 in 10 of the Philippine STEM workforce are women, comparable to the 29.2% worldwide figure.

But little by little, young Filipinas are looking to change that. The Her Legacy...