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<p>The Government is backing the three-year Your Life campaign, which aims to increase
the number of people participating in a wide range of careers that need skills in
science, technology, engineering and maths, particularly women. To date more than
200 organisations have pledged action to the campaign to boost the role of women in
STEM fields. A publicity drive to encourage young people, especially girls, aged 14
to 16 to take STEM subjects, will launch in November 2014.</p><p>We fund the Royal
Society and Royal Academy of Engineering to run a joint STEM Diversity Programme to
understand and address issues of diversity, including gender, in the STEM workforce.
Actions include a 10 point plan to ensure that women in science, technology, engineering
and manufacturing have the same opportunities to progress in their career as their
male counterparts</p>
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