by issp | Sep 28, 2016 | Africa Link, Education, Gender Equity, ISSP, Partners
The A. Richard Newton Educator ABIE Award recognizes educators who develop innovative teaching practices and approaches that attract girls and women to computing, engineering and math. This year’s winner, Bih Janet Shufor Fofang, is from Cameroon and has been teaching...
by Laura Preston | May 27, 2014 | Africa Link, Education, Gender Equity, ISSP, Laura's Blog, News
This last weekend was spent in the lovely highlands of Cameroon, where Janet was born and raised. We had a lovely visit to her family, which was celebrating the birth of her niece. Traditionally in Cameroon, when a child is born the women of the family come to visit,...
by issp | Nov 16, 2013 | Africa Link, Education, Gender Equity, ISSP, News
Editor’s Note: The following article was written by TechWomen, the organization that organized the amazing event described here. One of the participants, Bih Janet Shufor Fofang, met with ISSP Board members and Santa Cruz County area educators during her visit...
by issp | Feb 17, 2011 | Africa Link, Education, Gender Equity, News
From a recent article in Time magazine: We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on fire. A line of monks link arms in a human chain. Crowds surge, soldiers fire, gusts of rage pull down the...
