Home topics news Girl Geek Academy co-founder and CEO Sarah Moran International Women's Day News International Women's Day Women in STEM demand urgent action amid delayed diversity review Yajush Gupta March 7, 2023 Women in technology groups are criticizing the Diversity in STEM Review conducted by the Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic MP, for delaying urgent action on addressing the underrepresentation of girls in STEM. The review’s consultation period, announced on Friday afternoon, will evaluate current programs aimed at increasing participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths by underrepresented groups. In response, Girl Geek Academy has launched a national petition urging the Federal Government to take immediate action, lift its funding freeze on STEM programs, and invest in the future of girls. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the UN theme being ‘Cracking the Code: Innovation for a gender equal future’, Girl Geek Academy CEO and Founder Sarah Moran accused the government of burying a gender-equal future in a present of red tape. She argued that the review is a brake on critical funding, resulting in a funding freeze on new initiatives to address gender inequality in STEM and entrepreneurship until the third year of Labor’s term. Moran emphasized that women cannot bear breaks in funding because it breaks them. Girl Geek Academy is calling on the Federal Government to announce a Cracking The Code Fund immediately and boost support to community STEM programs by increasing its funding, which is currently under review until October. However, recommendations