IDWSDS 2024 - S23: Overcoming Career Hurdles and Leveraging Opportunities in the African context

Women in Statistics and Data Science: Overcoming Career Hurdles and Leveraging Opportunities in the African context

This session will feature four accomplished women statisticians and one student discussing the obstacles they navigated in their careers and the strategies they utilized to excel in the field of statistics in African settings.

Women continue to face challenges in advancing in the statistical and newly emerging data science field due to various factors compared to their male counterparts. This session will highlight the experiences of successful women statisticians, shedding light on the barriers they encountered and the tactics they employed to progress in their careers in the African context. Including a student in the panel will give an angle from the younger generation we are trying to support in their advancement, we can hear about their current challenges.